THE MAXIMIZATION SCALE: A VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY
The aim of the present study is to examine the validity and reliability of the Maximization Scale (Nenkov et al., 2008). Participants were 300 university students. The results of confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the six items loaded on one factor (x²= 18.30, df= 8, RMSEA= .066, CFI= .95, IFI= .96, AGFI= .95, GFI= .98, SRMR= .045).  Factor loadings ranged from .33 to .58 and the corrected item-total correlations ranged from 24 to .45. Cronbach alpha internal consistency reliability coefficient was .60. According to these results it can be argued for that this scale is a valid and reliable instrument. Keywords: Maximization, validity, reliability, confirmatory factor analysis OZET Bu calismanin amaci Yetinmezlik Olcegini (Nenkov, Morrin, Ward, Schwartz, & Hulland, 2008) Turkceye uyarlamak ve gecerlik ve guvenirligini incelemektir. Calisma 300 universite ogrencisi uzerinde yurutulmustur. Dogrulayici faktor analizi sonucuna gore 6 maddeden ve tek boyuttan olusan modelin iyi uyum verdigi degerlendirilmistir (x²= 18.30, sd= 8, RMSEA= .066, CFI= .95, IFI= .96, AGFI= .95, GFI= .98, SRMR= .045). Olcegin faktor yukleri .33 ile .58, duzeltilmis madde toplam korelasyon katsayilari ise .24 ile .45 arasinda siralanmaktadir. Olcegin Cronbach alfa ic tutarlilik guvenirlik katsayisi icin .60 olarak bulunmustur. Bu verilere dayanarak, Yetinmezlik Olcegi Turkce formunun gecerli ve guvenilir bir olcme araci oldugu soylenebilir. Anahtar sozcukler: Yetinmezlik, maksimizasyon, gecerlik, guvenirlik, dogrulayici faktor analizi