A Review of Attitude Scales Developed in Turkey Between 2002-2018 Regarding the Scale Development Process

The purpose of this study is to determine the degree to which the process steps to be taken into account in developing attitude scale for use in education and psychology are met. In this way, the problems encountered in the literature about the scale development process will be identified. In addition, this study is considered important in terms of being guiding and informative for the next attitude scale development studies. The journals indexed in ULAKBIM and Turkish educational journals that can be accessed full texts electronically are included in the scope of the study. In this context, 112 attitude scales development studies conducted in the field of education between 2002 and 2018 in Turkey were examined. This study is a qualitative study as it is conducted by taking into consideration the studies developing attitude scale as well as the points that ought to be considered while developing attitude scale. Articles were examined according to pre-determined criteria, and the frequency values were obtained for each criterion. Attitude scale development studies within the scope of this study have attempted to determine the points which are often inaccurate or incomplete in the literature. It is recommended that the points highlighted in the findings of this study are taken into consideration and the scale development process should be considered as an important and rigorous process.