@article{2020,title={Validity And Reliability Study of Serious Leisure Career Scale},abstractNode={In this study, it is aimed to present a valid and reliable measurement tool in order to measure the serious leisure career which is defined as the path to devotion in that pursuit, from being enthusiastic for a challenge. In the research, the first application was made after the pilot application, the KMO-Barlett test was performed with the data obtained from 290 university students, and the sample size was tested (.90; 2052, 218, p <0.001), and then a 3-dimensional structure was obtained by exploratory factor analysis. In line with the exploratory factor analysis, the cut-off value was determined as .40 and the question pool consisting of 13 items in total was reduced to 11 items by removing the load-bearing items from the item pool; factor loads consisting of benefit, social impact and career expectancy sub-dimensions have a structure ranging from .65 to .85. In addition to the factor analysis results in which 69% of the total variance was explained, the internal consistency coefficients were taken, and were found as .87, .75 and .81 for each sub-dimension, respectively. Serious leisure career scale total internal reliability coefficient was found as .88. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to test the validity and accuracy of the structure obtained after the exploratory factor analysis. It is seen that CFA performed after test-retest provides evidence of construct validity (RMSEA .074, SRMR 0.46, NFI 0.97, CFI 0.98, NNFI 0.98, x2 / df 2.64). As a result, a valid and reliable measurement tool has been put forward in determining serious leisure career.},author={Tebessüm AYYILDIZ DURHAN-Ali Selman ÖZDEMİR - Suat KARAKÜÇÜK},year={2020},journal={Turkish Studies-Social Sciences}}