Emotional Creativity Inventory: Adaptation to Turkish Culture

Abstract

This study examined the validity and reliability of the Emotional Creativity Inventory in Türkiye. ''EmotionalCreativity Inventory'' consists of three sub-dimensions, thirty items and a five-point Likert scale. Before startingthe process of adapting the scale to Turkish culture, permission was first requested from the corresponding authorvia e-mail. After obtaining the necessary permission for the scale, five different experts translated the originalscale items from English to Turkish. Then, the translation process continued with a panel of doctoral students.Two experts then translated the Turkish form back into English and a pilot study was conducted with thirtyparticipants to assess the linguistic comprehensibility of the items. With the help of a language expert and inputfrom the pilot study, the final Turkish form was created. The final Turkish form was prepared with the help of aTurkish language expert and the results obtained from the pilot study. Confirmatory factor analysis of the structuralequation model was applied to assess the Turkish validity of the scale, and internal consistency coefficient valueswere calculated to test its reliability. According to the reliability and validity values, it was concluded that the scaleis suitable for Turkish culture.