Human Rights Education Associates

Human Rights Attitude Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study

Author

Recep Ercan, Tugba Yaman, and Selcuk Besir Demir

Publisher

Redfame Publishing

Place of Publication

Ontario, Canada

Year of Publication

2015

Language

English

The objective of this study is to develop a valid and reliable attitude scale having quality psychometric features that can measure secondary school students’ attitudes towards human rights. The study group of the research is comprised by 710 6th, 7th and 8th grade students who study at 4 secondary schools in Sivas (Turkey). Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to determine the factor construct and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to determine construct validity and other validity tests were conducted as well. This four factor scale consisting of 21 items is a usable and reliable model.
Formal education, Education Policy, Curriculum Development, Research
FE: Secondary and high school, EPCDR: Research and evaluation
Monitoring & measuring human rights

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