Distress Tolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity
Objective: Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) is developed by Simons and Gaher in order to measure individual differences in the capacity of distress tolerance.The aim of this study is to assess the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of DTS. Method: One hundred and sixty seven univers...
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| author | Ahmet Emre SARGIN Kadir ÖZDEL Cisem UTKU Erkan Kuru M.Hakan Turkcapar |
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| description | Objective: Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) is developed by Simons and Gaher in order to measure individual differences
in the capacity of distress tolerance.The aim of this study is to assess the reliability and validity of the Turkish version
of DTS.
Method: One hundred and sixty seven university students (male=66, female=101) participated in this study. Beck Anxiety
Inventory (BAI), State-trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Discomfort Intolerance Scale (DIS) were used to determine the
criterion validity. Construct validity was evaluated with factor analysis after the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) and Barlett
test had been performed. To assess the test-retest reliability, the scale was re-applied to 79 participants six weeks
later.
Results: To assess construct validity, factor analyses were performed using varimax principal components analysis with
varimax rotation. While there were factors in the original study, our factor analysis resulted in three factors. Cronbach’s
alpha coefficients for the entire scale and tolerance, regulation, self-efficacy subscales were .89, .90, .80 and .64
respectively. There were correlations at the level of 0.01 between the Trait Anxiety Inventory of STAI and BAI, and all the
subscales of DTS and also between the State Anxiety Inventory and regulation subscale. Both of the subscales of DIS
were correlated with the entire subscale and all the subscales except regulation at the level of 0.05.Test-retest reliability
was statistically significant at the level of 0.01.
Conclusion: Analysis demonstrated that DTS had a satisfactory level of reliability and validity in Turkish university
students. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cf7735323d514171a026cc85e21379352025-02-03T06:14:14ZengKare PublishingBilişsel Davranışçı Psikoterapi ve Araştırmalar Dergisi2146-94902146-94902012-11-0113152161Distress Tolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and ValidityAhmet Emre SARGIN0Kadir ÖZDEL1Cisem UTKU2Erkan Kuru3M.Hakan Turkcapar4Uzm. Dr. Çankırı Devlet Hastanesi PsikiyatriUzm. Dr. Dışkapı Y. Beyazıt Eğt. ve Arş. Hast. PsikiyatriKlinik Psikolog Gazi Üni. Tıp Fakültesi PsikiyatriDr. Dışkapı Y. Beyazıt Eğt. ve Arş. Hast. PsikiyatriProf. Hasan Kalyoncu Üniversitesi PsikolojiObjective: Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) is developed by Simons and Gaher in order to measure individual differences in the capacity of distress tolerance.The aim of this study is to assess the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of DTS. Method: One hundred and sixty seven university students (male=66, female=101) participated in this study. Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), State-trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Discomfort Intolerance Scale (DIS) were used to determine the criterion validity. Construct validity was evaluated with factor analysis after the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) and Barlett test had been performed. To assess the test-retest reliability, the scale was re-applied to 79 participants six weeks later. Results: To assess construct validity, factor analyses were performed using varimax principal components analysis with varimax rotation. While there were factors in the original study, our factor analysis resulted in three factors. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the entire scale and tolerance, regulation, self-efficacy subscales were .89, .90, .80 and .64 respectively. There were correlations at the level of 0.01 between the Trait Anxiety Inventory of STAI and BAI, and all the subscales of DTS and also between the State Anxiety Inventory and regulation subscale. Both of the subscales of DIS were correlated with the entire subscale and all the subscales except regulation at the level of 0.05.Test-retest reliability was statistically significant at the level of 0.01. Conclusion: Analysis demonstrated that DTS had a satisfactory level of reliability and validity in Turkish university students.http://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=29274Anxietyreliabilityvalidity |
| spellingShingle | Ahmet Emre SARGIN Kadir ÖZDEL Cisem UTKU Erkan Kuru M.Hakan Turkcapar Distress Tolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity Bilişsel Davranışçı Psikoterapi ve Araştırmalar Dergisi Anxiety reliability validity |
| title | Distress Tolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity |
| title_full | Distress Tolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity |
| title_fullStr | Distress Tolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Distress Tolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity |
| title_short | Distress Tolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity |
| title_sort | distress tolerance scale a study of reliability and validity |
| topic | Anxiety reliability validity |
| url | http://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=29274 |
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