Adaptation of The Perceived Parental Autonomy Support Scale for High School Students: A Psychometric Evaluation

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The aim of this study is to adapt the Perceived Parental Autonomy Support Scale, developed by Mageau et al. (2015), into Turkish. The validity and reliability study of the scale’s adaptation process was conducted on adolescents. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was applied to test whether the intended structure was confirmed within the sample group. The CFA results indicated a good fit. The internal consistency coefficients of the Perceived Parental Autonomy Support Scale were calculated using Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient. The internal consistency coefficient for the father form was .93 for the autonomy support subdimension and .91 for the psychological control dimension. Similarly, the internal consistency coefficient for the mother form was .93 for the autonomy support subdimension and .91 for the psychological control dimension. After determining the internal consistency coefficients, the test-retest reliability of the scale was also calculated. For the father form, the test-retest reliability coefficient was .86 for autonomy support and .85 for psychological control. For the mother form, the test-retest reliability coefficient was .88 for autonomy support and .87 for psychological control. The findings indicate that the Perceived Parental Autonomy Support Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool for assessing perceived autonomy support among adolescents.