Turkish validation of the dispositional form of stress appraisal measure

Abstract

The Stress Appraisal Measure (SAM) is the most frequently used scale for the assessment of cognitive appraisals and surpasses other types of measures by including primary and secondary appraisal processes. This study aims to examine the psychometric properties of the dispositional SAM (SAM-D) by utilizing the samples of Turkish university students (n= 470) and community members (n= 170). In order to evaluate factor structure of the scale obtained by previous literature, confirmatory factor analysis is used by Amos 7.0 (Arbuckle, 2006) software program. The results demonstrate that the five-factor model reveals significant results in both samples in terms of goodness of fit indexes in confirmatory factor analysis. Moreover, multi-group comparisons on the basis of gender groups demonstrate no significant differences between the constrained and unconstrained models. In addition to significant internal consistency, the concurrent validity of the scale is supported in both samples by revealing the association of the SAM-D with conceptually related measures. The theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed.