Clinical and Experimental Health Sciences

Abstract

Objective: This study was aimed at adapting the “Parental Sun Protection Scales

(PSPS)” in Turkish society and at determining its validity and reliability.

Methods: It was conducted methodologically in the kindergartens affiliated with

Antalya-Manavgat District Directorate of National Education between May-June

2016. 974 individuals of 635 parents with children agreed to participate in the study

which two forms as descriptive socio-demographic characteristics of the parents and

PSPS were used. The scale were statistically tested by computing the language

validity, content validity, internal criterion validity, construct validity, internal consistency

analysis, test-retest analysis and item analysis.

Results: As a result of the screen test, the number of subscales was observed to

be divided into four factors as in both original scales. The general Cronbach’s alpha

value of “Scale of the Use of Sunscreen Products” and “Sun Avoidance Scale” were

found as 0,84. Among the subscales that Norms/Attitudes for the Use of Sunscreen

Products (0,90), Self-Efficacy of Sun Avoidance (0,90), Norms/Attitudes for Sun

Avoidance (0,87), Self-Efficacy of the Use of Sunscreen Products (0,86), and Tanning

Expectancies (0,81) were highly reliable and Expectancies for the Use of Sunscreen

Products (0,79), Expectancies for Sun Avoidance (0,79), and Impediments to the Use

of Sunscreen Products (0,76) were likewise reliable. All of these scales can be used

together or individually.

Conclusion: The PSPS, the results of the analyses showed that the scales are valid

and reliable tools for Turkish Society. PSPS can be used to assess the parents’ status

of using sunscreen products for their children and their status of sun avoidance.