Effects of COVID-19 on Gifted Students' Quality of Life (QOL-GSS): Scale Development and Application.

Autor: ERÇETİN, Şefika Şule, POTAS, Nihan, AÇIKALIN, Şuay Nilhan, KOÇTÜRK, Nilüfer, ABAL, Sema
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Zdroj: Sakarya University Journal of Education; 2021, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p28-50, 23p
Abstrakt: The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable scale to measure the effects of COVID-19 on gifted students' quality of life (QOL-GSS) and to analyse its effects on some variables such as gender, age, education level, parents' education level, monthly income and number of children in the family. To this end, a scale was developed and its reliability and validity were measured through a number of measures. The internal consistency was used to evaluate the reliability of the scale whereas its validity was analyzed by a factor analysis. Regarding exploratory factor analysis, the result of the KMO test was .90 and Bartlett test X2 statistic was 3055.306 (p < .001). Path coefficients of the items varied between .55 and .89 and Cronbach's Alpha (a = .76) coefficients indicated that the data obtained from the scale (QOL-GSS) was reliable. Results overall indicated that COVID-19 affected gifted students' quality of life slightly in all dimensions of QOL-GSS. In addition, the effect of COVID-19 on gifted students' quality of life showed significant differences by gender, education level, mother's education level, father's education level, monthly income and number of children in the family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index