Turkish Version of the Need for Cognitive Closure Scale: Evaluation of the Validity and Reliability

İnci Dursun, Kutalmış Emre Ceylan and Ebru Tümer Kabadayı
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İnci Dursun: Yalova University
Kutalmış Emre Ceylan: Gelisim University
Ebru Tümer Kabadayı: Gebze Institute of Technology

Business and Economics Research Journal, 2015, vol. 6, issue 3, 113-128

Abstract: Need for cognitive closure (NFCC) is a motivational mechanism leading people to experience a sense of urgency about reaching a closure in their decisions and judgments. It is defined as a desire an answer on a given topic compared to confusion and ambiguity. NFCC has acritical role for understanding how information is acquired and processed. A five facet scale was introduced (Webster and Kruglanski 1994), reduced and refined (Houghton ve Grewal, 2000) to assess NFCC as a stable individual disposition. This study aims to introduce the Turkish version of the reduced NFCC scale, assess its factor structure, and test its validity and reliability. Data was collected from a total sample of 1094 respondents live in İstanbul, Kocaeli and Yalova. In line with findings from previous studies, sub facets “decisiveness” and “closed mindedness” emerged as independent dimensions inconsistent with the proposed one-dimensional structure. Probable causes are discussed, a three facet scale was proposed and suggestions for an improved quality Turkish NFCC scale are provided.

Keywords: Lay epistemic theory; need for cognitive closure scale; scale validation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M31 M39 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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