Development of Theistic Fatalism Scale: Reliability and Validity Study

In this study Theistic Fatalism Scale’s reliability and validity analyses are presented. The scale measures how people explain the affairs which they encounter in daily life. It asks whether they attribute these affairs and responsibility to people or to God. The data was collected from 445 adult participants who live in İstanbul. The analyses show that Theistic Fatalism Scale consists of 12 items and one dimension. And the scale is reliable (Cronbach’s Alpha .897, Spearman-Brown Coefficient .880, r = 786) and valid (X^2 /df = 3.34, RMSEA = 0.073, NFI = 0.97, NNFI = 0.97, CFI = 0.98, RMR = 0.050, SRMR = 0.044, GFI = 0.94, AGFI = 0.91).