İLETİŞİM BECERİLERİ ÖLÇEĞİNİN AZERBAYCAN DİLİNE UYARLAMA ÇALIŞMASI.

This research is aimed to adapt the Turkish form of the 'Communication Skills Scale' to the Azerbaijani language. The scale to be adapted is a Likert -type scale and was developed by Owen and Bugay (2014). The scale items were translated into Azerbaijani independently by the researcher and the Azerbaijani language expert, and then the translations were compared by coming together and a single Azerbaijani expression was reached for each item. Necessary adjustments were made by taking expert opinions, and the language validity of the scale was made. The language equivalence study of the scale was carried out with Azerbaijani students studying in Turkey. The participants of the research consist of a total of 551 students, 297 of whom are studying at the undergraduate level and 254 at the graduate level, in one of the State Universities in Baku in the 2019-2020 academic year. As a result of the examinations, it was decided not to perform an Explanatory Factor analysis of the scale, and a Confirmatory Factor analysis was performed. In order to obtain better goodness-of-fit values as a result of CFA, the Communication Principles and Basic Skills dimension (1, 3, 6, 13, 15, 16, and 25), Self-Expression (5), Active Listening and Non-Verbal Communication dimension (11, 18, 19 and 22), and in the Willingness to Communicate dimension (7, 9 and 14) items were removed from the scale. After this process, a confirmatory factor analysis of the remaining items was performed. The reliability of the scale's internal consistency was calculated with Cronbach's alpha coefficient. In the analyzes made for reliability, the Cronbach's alpha coefficients of IBS-SF were .45 for FEI (LQTB), .72 for BSI (SSI), .60 for EDSOI (EDQVU), .34 for TWO (UQI), and .67 for the entire scale. found. When evaluated in general, it was concluded that the Azerbaijani form of the scale can be used as a valid and reliable measurement tool to measure the communication skills of university students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]