Author:
Dadang Sudrajat
Affiliation:
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi 229, Bandung 40291 and West Java, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
adaptation, teenage nonviolence test, rasch modeling, internal consistency.
Abstract:
This study aims to adapt the scale of teenage nonviolence test (TNT) that Mayton developed into the Indonesian cultural context to obtain a valid and reliable scale. By using descriptive method toward number of 2,293 students from some State Senior High Schools of Bandung and through Rasch modeling analysis, it is reported that all items can be correctly perceived by the students. Cronbach alpha reliability of .89 and unidimensionality of 36.5%, are both categorized good. The Indonesian version of the TNT scale has a high internal consistency in psychological nonviolence, physical nonviolence, and Satyagraha. Whereas in empathy/helping, Tapasya, and the active values orientation, internal consistency including medium category. The implications of the research still require further research on the scale of TNT at the level of education in elementary, junior and vocational schools, or among santri in Pesantren in order to obtain conclusive and comprehensive results, both urban and rura
l areas. This research, however, demonstrates a good dynamic, movement, progress, and a good beginning for the development of the TNT scale in the context of a rich ethnic Indonesia.
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