Psychometric properties of the BALCI Turkish version

• Published in: Psicologia, reflexão e crítica Vol. 36; no. 1; p. 7
• Main Authors: Mercan, Oğuz, Kabadayı, Fedai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 28-02-2023; Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (JFRGS); Springer Nature B.V; Curso de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Adaptation; Anxiety; Behavior; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Beliefs about losing control inventory; Bilingualism; Biological Psychology; Confirmatory factor analysis; Developmental Psychology; Emerging adults; Emotions; Health Psychology; Mental disorders; Obsessive–compulsive disorder; PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; Psychological assessment; Psychological Methods/Evaluation; Psychology; Psychology Research; Psychometrics; Quantitative psychology; Turquía; Emerging adults; Obsessive–compulsive disorder; Confirmatory factor analysis; Beliefs about losing control inventory; Adaptation
• ISSN: 0102-7972; 1678-7153; 1678-7153
• DOI: 10.1186/s41155-023-00248-0

The present study aimed to adapt and validate the Beliefs About Losing Control Inventory (BALCI) in the non-clinical Turkish emerging adults sample. The study group consisted of 549 participants from three study phases and aged between 18 and 28 years and mainly women. According to the results of the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), the BALCI Turkish Version (BALCI-TV) confirmed 21 items in three factors. The network analysis findings showed that the items including the factors were together. The results indicated that configural, metric, scalar, and strict invariance across the gender. Cronbach’s α and McDonald’s ω of the total BALCI-TV were .90. Test–retest correlation result was .89. All results indicated that the BALCI-TV had good psychometric properties. The BALCI-TV can be provided to measure control and beliefs related to control within obsessive–compulsive disorder for Turkish academics and mental health practitioners.