Psychometric properties of sleep quality scale and sleep variables questionnaire in Turkish student sample

• DOI: 10.17220/ijpes.2016.03.002
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01T20:03:26Z
• Authors: İsmail Önder; Ercan Masal; Eda DEMİRHAN; Mehmet Barış Horzum; Şenol BEŞOLUK
• Keywords: Sleep; Criterion validity; Sample (material); Validity

Sleep is a physiological need that affects physical and mental performances. However, the number of individuals who experience problems related directly or indirectly with sleep increasing in many countries. Therefore, it important to have short, reliable valid measure assess both quality variables school-age children. This study aims carry out validity reliability studies for Quality Scale Variables Questionnaire (SQS-SVQ) used determine quality, parental control, total time, mid-point efficiency adapt into Turkish. The SQS-SVQ consists seven scale items eight questionnaire items. instrument were carried on data acquired from 4th-8th graders. Factorial SQS criterion analyses correlations ranged 0.51 0.73. These analysis results put forth measurement tool. Internal consistency coefficient was 0.72 test-retest 0.67 0.88. indicated reliable. Meanwhile, gender invariance tested established. shown can be social researches especially educational studies.