Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of the Turkish version of moral courage scale for physicians
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Tarih
2025
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Public Library of Science
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Aim Physicians, like other healthcare professionals, frequently encounter situations requiring moral courage in their professional lives. However, studies on the moral courage of physicians are limited in the literature. This study aims to evaluate the Turkish adaptation, validity, and reliability of the Moral Courage Scale for Physicians (MCSP) and to contribute to national and international studies on moral courage among physicians. Materials and methods This methodological study involved the adaptation, validation, and reliability assessment of the MCSP in Turkish. The scale’s internal consistency was evaluated using Cronbach’s α coefficient, and the total correlation coefficients for the items were calculated. Test-retest reliability was assessed using a two-group design. Results The Turkish version of the MCSP demonstrated high internal consistency, with a Cronbach’s α coefficient of 0.91. The total correlation coefficients for the items ranged from 0.387 to 0.797. A significant positive correlation was found between the test and retest scores of the MCSP (p < 0.05). Conclusion The Turkish version of the MCSP is a valid and reliable tool for assessing moral courage among physicians. © 2025 Yılmaz et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Adult, Courage, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Morals, Physicians, Psychometrics, Reproducibility Of Results, Surveys And Questionnaires, Turkey, Adaptation, Adult, Article, Controlled Study, Correlation Coefficient, Courage, Cronbach Alpha Coefficient, Cultural Anthropology, Diagnosis, Female, Health Care Personnel, Human, Human Experiment, Internal Consistency, Male, Morality, Open Access Publishing, Physician, Reliability, Reproducibility, Test Retest Reliability, Validity, Cultural Factor, Ethics, Middle Aged, Psychology, Psychometry, Questionnaire, Reproducibility, Turkey (Bird), Validation Study
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PLOS ONE
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Q1
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20
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10 October
