Cross-cultural validation of the attitudes toward research methods scale in teacher education: evidence from a Turkish sample including music teacher candidates.

Authors

Cagri Sen, Zeynep Özer

Published in

Frontiers in psychology. Volume 17. Pages 1879775. Epub Aug 03, 2026.

Abstract

Attitudes toward research methods are important for teacher candidates' research engagement, academic learning, and professional development. However, instruments that directly assess attitudes toward research methodology content have rarely been examined across cultural contexts.
This study aimed to adapt the Attitudes towards Research Methods Questionnaire into Turkish and to examine the validity and reliability evidence of the adapted form in teacher education.
The study was designed as a methodological scale adaptation study. Data were collected from 509 eligible pre-service teachers in Türkiye. After data screening, the main psychometric analyses were conducted with 486 cases. Linguistic equivalence and cultural fit were examined before the main study. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on two independent randomly divided subsamples. Reliability, construct reliability, convergent validity evidence, item discrimination, criterion validity, and supplementary discipline-based comparisons were also examined.
The findings supported the three-factor structure of the original scale in the Turkish sample. The final 15-item form consisted of Negative Emotions, Utility, and Positive Emotions. The Utility factor reflected cognitive evaluations of research methods, whereas the Positive and Negative Emotions factors reflected affective components. The total Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficients were both 0.90, supporting internal consistency. Item analyses and criterion validity findings also supported the psychometric adequacy of the scale. Supplementary comparisons showed no significant differences between music teacher candidates and candidates from other teacher education programs.
The Turkish form of the "Attitudes towards Research Methods Scale in Education" provides valid and reliable scores for assessing attitudes toward research methods in teacher education contexts. Future studies should further test its validity in different cultural contexts and examine measurement invariance across groups.

PMID:
42609529
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 18 Aug 2026.

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