Sleep

Adaptation of the Couples' Sleep Conflict Scale into Turkish.

TL;DR

The Couples' Sleep Conflict Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool for assessing sleep conflict in married individuals in the Turkish population.

Key Findings

The Turkish adaptation of the Couples' Sleep Conflict Scale retained a 5-item, single-factor structure across female, male, and total groups.

  • Exploratory factor analysis confirmed the scale consists of 5 items and one sub-dimension
  • The single-factor structure was consistent across female, male, and total groups
  • The cultural adaptation process was completed in three stages: language validity, content validity, and piloting

Confirmatory factor analysis indicated acceptable model fit for the Turkish version of the Couples' Sleep Conflict Scale across all groups.

  • Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to determine construct validity
  • Scale items were determined to have an acceptable level of fit for each group (female, male, and total)
  • Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to evaluate construct validity

The Turkish Couples' Sleep Conflict Scale demonstrated high internal consistency reliability across all groups.

  • Cronbach's alpha for the female group was 0.838
  • Cronbach's alpha for the male group was 0.827
  • Cronbach's alpha for the total group was 0.835
  • All values are described as 'high Cronbach Alpha values'

Test-retest analysis demonstrated high temporal stability of the Turkish Couples' Sleep Conflict Scale.

  • High correlation values were observed in the test-retest analysis
  • Test-retest analysis was conducted as part of the reliability analyses alongside Cronbach's alpha
  • Specific correlation coefficients and time interval between test and retest are not reported in the abstract

The study used a cross-sectional, methodological research design to validate the scale in a Turkish population of married individuals.

  • The study is described as 'methodological research conducted using a cross-sectional design'
  • The target population was married individuals in the Turkish population
  • Analyses were conducted separately for female, male, and total groups
  • Sample size is not reported in the abstract

What This Means

This research adapted and validated a questionnaire called the Couples' Sleep Conflict Scale for use with Turkish-speaking married people. Sleep conflict between partners — disagreements or disruptions related to sleeping together — is an important but understudied area, and having a culturally appropriate measurement tool is necessary to study it properly. The researchers went through a careful process of translating and culturally adjusting the scale, then testing it with both male and female participants. The study found that the Turkish version of the scale kept its original structure of 5 questions measuring a single concept (sleep conflict), and that it performed well statistically in both men and women separately, as well as when all participants were combined. The scale showed strong internal consistency (meaning the questions reliably measure the same thing) and stable results when administered more than once to the same people. This research suggests that Turkish researchers and clinicians now have a psychometrically sound tool to measure sleep conflict in married couples. This could be useful for studying how sleep disagreements between partners relate to relationship quality, individual sleep health, and overall well-being in Turkish-speaking populations.

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Citation

Ünal E, Duman M. (2026). Adaptation of the Couples' Sleep Conflict Scale into Turkish.. Chronobiology international. https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2026.2617891