ADAPTATION OF VOLUNTEER MOTIVATION INVENTORY INTO TURKISH POPULATION

People volunteer for various and complex reasons. Therefore, it seems difficult to understand the reasons for volunteering with a single concept (Wilson, 2000). The aim of this study is to adapt the Volunteer Motivation Inventory, which was developed by Esmond and Dunlop in 2004, into Turkish population. VMI is a 5 point Likert type scale (‘Strongly Disagree’ to ‘Strongly Agree’) consisted of 44 items including 10 subscales (Values, Reciprocity, Recognition, Understanding, Self-Esteem, Reactivity, Social, Protective, Social Interaction, and Career Development). In this study, the original English form and Turkish version were applied to 20 participants. For reliability analysis, Cronbach s alpha was calculated. Cronbach s alpha coefficients of 10 subscales ranged from 0.45 to 0.78. For construct validity, the inventory was applied to 483 volunteers (number of items X 10). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used by using maximum likelihood estimation resulted that; X²: 3304,94, df: 815, p: 0,00, RMSEA: 0,080; GFI 0,76; NNFI 0,92; NFI 0,92; CFI 0,95; SRMR 0,085 and RMSEA with 90% confidence interval between 0.077 and 0.083. Fit indexes indicated that VMI was confirmed with 43 items for the Turkish population. As a result, reliability and validity of VMI was confirmed through Confirmatory factor analysis.