The purpose of this study is to adaptation of the “Sporting Event Personality Scale” (SEPS) developed by Lee and Cho (2012) in Turkish culture. In terms of practical implications, the research findings may assist sports managers and event organizers in evaluating the personality of their events and developing positioning strategies to create differentiation in competition. A total of 392 volunteer athletes over the age of 18, 149 of whom were female (38%) and 243 were male (62%), participated in the study using criterion sampling, a purposive sampling method. Descriptive statistics were used for demographic data and normality tests, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was performed for construct validity during the scale adaptation process. composite reliability (CR), average variance extracted (AVE), maximum shared variance (MSV), and average shared variance (ASV) values were calculated for convergent and discriminant validity, and Cronbach's Alpha values were calculated for reliability. The scale's measurement consistency over time was also evaluated using the test-retest method. The findings showed that the SEPS adapted in this study retained the psychometric properties of the original scale developed by Lee and Cho (2012). The scale has adequate fit indices for the CFA, convergent and discriminant validity, and high internal consistency coefficients. Consequently, it was concluded that SEPS can be considered a valid and reliable tool for studies of the Turkish population to yield meaningful interpretations of the personalities of sports events organized in Türkiye.
OCAKOĞLU et al. (Sat,) studied this question.