Güngöz, Esengül; Aydın, Ali Dursun; Turkay, Hikmet; Kusan, Osman; Mumcu, Hasan Erdem

This study aims to adapt the scale of subjective social status, which was developed by Sweeting and her colleagues to Turkish, to ascertain the social status indicators of youth and how they see their social status among peers. The original scale is in English and the three-factor total is composed of 7 words. To ensure a successful adaptation, English language experts have been consulted about the appropriateness of the translated statements in Turkish, the meaningfulness and the validity of the language. The validity of the scale was assessed by factor analysis after the Turkish form of the scale was administered to 321 students and as a result of the analysis, it was agreed on that the scale to be translated into Turkish also consists of 7 words. It was concluded that the Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficients (.72) were sufficient for each scale factor and the entire scale, to determine the internal consistency of the scale. Based on the findings, it may be said that the correlation coefficient between the re-test method and the applications performed is also sufficient.