Abstract
Objective:
The purpose of this study is to examine the validity and reliability of applying Turkish version of Divorce Adjustment Inventory for Children on a sample of children aged between 9 and 12 and whose parents are divorced.
Method:
The sample of the study is composed of 146 children, aged 9-12, residing in the Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Parents of all these children are legally divorced. Factorial structure, criterion-related validity, test retest reliability and cronbach alpha internal consistency of the Turkish version of the inventory were assessed by various statistical analyses.
Results:
The results indicate that Divorce Adjustment Inventory for Children is a valid and reliable instrument to measure the degree of adjustment of children whose parents are divorced.
Discussion:
The results of the study demonstrate that Divorce Adjustment Inventory for Children is a reliable instrument for identifying risk factors as well as measuring children's degree of adjustment to divorce of their parents. Advantage of using Divorce Adjustment Inventory for Children is significant in terms of shedding light not only to future research on the children with divorced families but also for programs providing counselling in this field. Besides, the scale can serve as a helpful instrument for families, counsellors, teachers and professionals in order to better understand the needs of children during stressful divorce period.
Keywords: Divorce, adjustment, child, inventory.
