Aim: To determine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Empowerment of Parents in the Intensive Care-Neonatology Scale (EMPATHIC-N) developed by Latour in the Netherlands. Methods: This methodological study was conducted in a university hospital in Istanbul between April and October 2017. The EMPATHIC-N is a Likert-type scale consisting of 57 items and five subscales. The scale was developed in the Dutch language; therefore, it was translated and back translated before

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... examined by an expert for content validity. Psychometric characteristics were examined via item-total score correlation, Pearson correlation analyses, Cronbach's alpha value, test-retest correlation, and confirmatory factor analyses. The data were gathered from 290 parents after obtaining ethical approval and official permission from the relevant hospital administration. Results: The content validity index for the scale was found to be 0.97. The correlation coefficient between the score of each item and the scale was between r=0.48 and 0.83; the correlation coefficient of each subscale item and the subscale score was between r=0.63 and 0.90; the correlation coefficient of the subscale score and the scale score was