Department of Audiology, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
Noise Health. 2022 Apr-Jun;24(113):89-95. doi: 10.4103/nah.nah_70_21.
With the changing lifestyle in modern society, the youth has become the target of substantial noise exposure. Both environmental noise and the use of personal electronic devices create a risk for youth's hearing conservation as reported in several studies.
This study aims to adapt and validate the Youth Attitude to Noise Scale (YANS), developed by Widén and Erlandsson for use in the Turkish setting.
The linguistic adaptation of the YANS into Turkish (YANS-Tr) was conducted with three experts in linguistics. A cross-sectional study was designed for high school students to establish the evidence for the reliability and validity of the scale.
345 high school students participated in the pilot study. The demographic data form developed by the researcher was used to retrieve the information related to participants. Lastly, the 19-item YANS-Tr was delivered to students.
Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed for the construct validity. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients were calculated for each dimension and the whole scale.
Four-dimensional structure was yielded for the YANS-Tr as in the original version of the scale. However, some items (8th, 10th, 18th, and 19th) were loaded under different dimensions. The reliability coefficient of the scale (Cronbach's α = 0.79) was within the acceptable range. The mean overall YANS-Tr score was 2.68. When the mean scores are compared with other countries, Turkey stands higher than Sweden (2.10), close to Serbia (2.76) and Brazil (2.80), and lower than Belgium (3.10) and China (3.46).
The YANS-Tr is shown to be a valid and reliable assessment tool to evaluate the students' attitude to noise in Turkey.
随着现代社会生活方式的改变，年轻人成为了大量噪声暴露的目标。正如几项研究报告的那样，环境噪声和个人电子设备的使用都给年轻人的听力保护带来了风险。
本研究旨在适应和验证 Widén 和 Erlandsson 为土耳其环境开发的青少年对噪声态度量表（YANS）。
YANS 土耳其语（YANS-Tr）的语言适应性由三位语言学专家进行。设计了一项横断面研究，以高中生为对象，为量表的信度和效度提供证据。
345 名高中生参加了试点研究。研究人员制定的人口统计学数据表单用于检索与参与者相关的信息。最后，向学生发放了 19 项 YANS-Tr。
进行了探索性和验证性因子分析以评估结构效度。为每个维度和整个量表计算了 Cronbach 的 α 系数。
与原始量表一样，YANS-Tr 呈现出四维度结构。然而，一些项目（第 8、10、18 和 19 项）在不同维度下加载。量表的信度系数（Cronbach 的 α = 0.79）在可接受范围内。量表的平均总分（YANS-Tr）为 2.68。与其他国家相比，土耳其的平均总分高于瑞典（2.10），接近塞尔维亚（2.76）和巴西（2.80），但低于比利时（3.10）和中国（3.46）。
YANS-Tr 被证明是一种有效的、可靠的评估工具，可用于评估土耳其学生对噪声的态度。
