Citizenship literacy scale: development, validity and reliability study

Citizenship Literacy Scale is a scale developed to measure individuals’ level of knowledge and interest in citizenship, their ability to use their right to seek rights and to transform it into actions. The statements in the scale were created as a result of unstructured interviews and literature review. The content validity of the Citizenship Literacy Scale was ensured, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyzes were conducted to ensure construct validity. According to the results of the exploratory factor analysis, the scale consisted of 29 statements gathered under 4 factors and explained 65,573% of the total variance. After the exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis was performed and the model's goodness-of-fit indices were examined. Goodness of fit values as a result of confirmatory factor analysis; χ2 = 1430,423; df=363, p= .000; χ2/df= 3.941; RMSEA = 0.052; SRMR = 0.051; GFI=0.912; AGFI=0.901; TLI= 0.944; CFI=0.950; IFI = 0.950; NFI=0.934; RFI=0.926 was found. According to these values, it was understood that the Citizenship Literacy Scale showed excellent fit for CFI and IFI, χ2/df, good fit for RMSEA, SRMR, GFI, NFI and RFI. All the results obtained showed that the Citizenship Literacy Scale, which was developed, is a valid and reliable measurement tool for measuring the citizenship literacy levels of individuals.