Scale for Esports Spectator Demands: Adaptation to Turkish, validity and reliability study: Espor İzleyici Talepleri Ölçeği: Türkçe’ye uyarlama, geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması

The purpose of this study was to adapt to Turkish and to determine the validity and reliability of the Scale for Esports Spectator Demand (SESD), which was developed to determine the demands of the viewers who follow the esports broadcasts by Qian, Zhang, Wang and Hulland (2020). After the Turkish form equivalence test, the scale was applied to viewers who following esports broadcasts on the online broadcast network "Twitch". A total of 495 volunteers (21.43 ± 3.50), 423 men (21.71 ± 3.51), and 72 women (19.75 ± 2.95), aged between 18-32, participated in the online study. Exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed on the data obtained. A total of 7 factors were determined with EFA, respectively, 4 overlapping items (21-11-18-29), 2 items that make up a single factor (19-20) and the 30th item that disrupted the meaning integrity of the factor to which it belongs were removed from the scale. It was seen that the model consisting of the remaining 25 items and 6 dimensions explained 67.278% variance and the 6-factor model had an acceptable fit as a result of CFA. (χ2/df=2,622; GFI=,896; AGFI=,892; CFI=,918; NFI=,902; RMR=,064; RMSEA=,071). It was determined that the internal consistency coefficients of the scale on the basis of sub-dimensions ranged between .755 and .863, and the overall internal consistency coefficient was α = .924 As a result, it was determined that the Scale for Esports Spectator Demand (SESD), adapted to Turkish, can be used as a valid and reliable measurement tool to determine the demands of esports spectator. ​Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. Özet Bu çalışma’nın amacı, Qian, Zhang, Wang ve Hulland (2020) tarafından espor yayınlarını takip eden izleyicilerin yayından taleplerini belirlemek amacıyla geliştirilmiş olan Scale for Esports Spectator Demand (SESD)’in Türkçe’ye uyarlanması, geçerlik ve güvenirliği’nin belirlenmesidir. Ölçek, Türkçe form eş-değerlik sınamasının ardından Türkiye genelinde çevrimiçi yayın ağı “Twitch” üzerinden espor yayınlarını takip eden izleyicilere uygulanmıştır. Çevrimiçi ortamda gerçekleştirilen çalışmaya yaşları 18-32 arasında değişen 423 erkek (21,71±3,51) ve 72 kadın (19,75±2,95) olmak üzere toplam 495 gönüllü birey (21,43±3,50 katılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler üzerinde açımlayıcı (AFA) ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi (DFA) gerçekleştirilmiştir. AFA ile toplam 7 faktör belirlenmiş, sırasıyla binişik olan 4 madde (21-11-18-29), tek bir faktör