scholarly journals Semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirella Castelhano-Souza ◽  
Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes ◽  
José Carlos Amado Martins ◽  
Maria Auxiliadora Trevizan ◽  
Valtuir Duarte Souza-Júnior ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Empathy Quotient ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Short Versions

ABSTRACT Objective: to perform the semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales, intended to measure the empathetic and systemizing profiles of individuals. The scales originated in Cambridge and were validated in Portugal, and were assessed for their psychometric properties. Method: methodological study included the scales’ semantic validation (content validity) and verification of their psychometric properties (internal consistency). Five judges participated in the semantic validation. The Content Validity Index was calculated, a pretest was conducted with 18 undergraduate nursing students, and, finally, the scales were applied to a sample. Results: the sample was composed of 215 undergraduate nursing students, 186 (86.51%) of whom were women aged 21 years old, on average. The scales presented good internal consistency with global Cronbach’s alphas equal to 0.83 and 0.79 for the Empathy Quotient and the Systemizing Quotient, respectively. Correlations between the scales and subscales of the Empathy Quotient and Systemizing Quotient were all positive and significant according to the Pearson correlation coefficient. Conclusion: the scales are reliable and valid to measure the empathetic and systemizing profile of undergraduate nursing students and the final version was named “versões curtas das Escalas de Medição do Quociente de Empatia/Sistematização - Brasil” [short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales - Brazil].

Psychometric Properties of the Spiritual Care-Giving Scale–Arabic Version in Saudi Nursing Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Preposi Cruz ◽  
Farhan Alshammari ◽  
Paolo C. Colet
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Arabic Version ◽  
Validity Index ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Content Validity Index ◽  
Care Giving

Aim: To evaluate the psychometric properties of an Arabic version of the Spiritual Care-Giving Scale (SCGS) in a sample of Saudi nursing students. Method: A convenience sample of 202 Saudi nursing students was included in this descriptive cross-sectional study. The 35-item Arabic version of the SCGS (SCGS-A) was tested for internal consistency, stability reliability, content validity, and construct validity. Findings: The SCGS-A manifested acceptable internal consistency and stability reliability with computed Cronbach’s alpha ranges from .84 to .94, and an intraclass correlation coefficient of .97. The item-level content validity index ranged from .83 to 1, and the scale-level content validity index (average) was .98. The principal component analysis revealed five dominant components with eigenvalues greater than 1, and a cumulative contribution rate of 62.0%. The five factors were moderately to strongly correlated ( r = .29-.56; p < .001) with each other and with the overall SCGS-A score ( r = .57-.77; p < .001). Conclusion: The SCGS-A manifested an acceptable reliability and validity in Saudi nursing students, which supports its sound psychometric properties. With the establishment of this valid and reliable tool, timely and accurate assessment of student nurses’ perceptions about spirituality and spiritual care can be facilitated.

Development and Validation of a Moral Distress Scale for Nursing Students

2020 ◽  
pp. JNM-D-19-00001
Author(s):  
Simoní Saraiva Bordignon ◽  
Valéria Lerch Lunardi ◽  
Edison Luiz Barlem ◽  
Graziele de Lima Dalmolin ◽  
Rosemary Silva da Silveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Moral Distress ◽  
Methodological Study ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Distress Scale ◽  
Scale Length

Background and PurposeThis study was aimed to develop and validate a scale to measure the frequency and the intensity of the moral distress experienced by nursing students.MethodMethodological study in which a guideline with eight steps: (a) to determine what to measure, (b) to produce items, (c) format to measure, (d) review by experts, (e) validation of items, (f) sample, (g) assessment (h) scale length was used to develop and validate a scale. The sample was composed of 499 undergraduate nursing students from three Brazilian universities.ResultsSix constructs were identified in the factor analysis. The instrument and dimensions presented satisfactory internal consistency, with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients equal to .97 and between .60 and .97, respectively.ConclusionThe developed scale is able to analyze the intensity and the frequency of Moral Distress in nursing students, in a valid and reliable way.

scholarly journals An Exploration of Motivation for Disaster Engagement and Its Related Factors among Undergraduate Nursing Students in Taiwan

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 3542
Author(s):  
Shwu-Ru Liou ◽  
Hsiu-Chen Liu ◽  
Chun-Chih Lin ◽  
Hsiu-Min Tsai ◽  
Ching-Yu Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Nursing Competence

The purpose of the study was to explore the levels of and relationships between disaster nursing competence, anticipatory disaster stress, and the motivation for disaster engagement among undergraduate nursing students in Taiwan. A cross-sectional research design was applied. Using convenience sampling, 90 nursing students participated with an 86.54% response rate. The Disaster Core Competencies Questionnaire, Anticipatory Disaster Stress Questionnaire, and Motivation for Disaster Engagement Questionnaire were used to collect data. The Pearson correlation and ANOVA were used to analyze the data. Results showed that students’ level of disaster nursing competence was low, anticipatory disaster stress was not high, and motivation for disaster engagement was high. Motivation for disaster engagement was positively correlated with anticipatory disaster stress. Students who were more willing to participate in disaster management had a higher level of anticipatory disaster stress and motivation for disaster engagement. It is suggested that healthcare institutions and schools should work together to design disaster education plans using innovative teaching/learning strategies to increase students’ willingness and motivation for disaster engagement.

Modification, Translation, and Psychometric Testing of the Arabic Version of the Belongingness Scale-Clinical Placement Experience (BES-CPE)

2021 ◽  
pp. JNM-D-20-00050
Author(s):  
Monirah Albloushi ◽  
Linda Ferguson ◽  
Laurie Hellsten ◽  
Lynnette Stemler ◽  
Arlene Kent-Wilkinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Psychometric Testing ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Clinical Placement ◽  
Arabic Version ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Back Translation

BackgroundThis paper aimed to describe the modification, translation, and psychometric testing of the Arabic version of the Belongingness Scale-Clinical Placement Experience (BES-CPE).MethodsThis study included the following phases: modification of the original BES-CPE based on the qualitative findings from a previous study; translation and back-translation of the scale; evaluation of the content validity by experts from Saudi Arabia; evaluation of the internal consistency reliability; and other psychometric properties of the Arabic BES-CPE.ResultThe results demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties. The Cronbach's alpha ranged from 0.68 to 0.92.ConclusionThe Arabic BES-CPE is a promising tool that can be used to assess Saudi nursing students' sense of belonging. However, testing the tool with other undergraduate nursing students in a different context is recommended.

scholarly journals Moral Resilience in Nursing Education: Exploring Undergraduate Nursing Students Perceptions of Resilience in Relation to Ethical Ideology

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 237796082110177
Author(s):  
Ebin J. Arries-Kleyenstüber
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy Statement ◽  
Ethical Ideology ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Moral Resilience

Introduction Moral resilience has recently been proposed as one strategy to address moral distress in nurses and nursing students. Central to nursing students’ capacity for moral resilience is how they understood and enact resilience with an element of realism, suggesting an ethical, ideological influence. Resilience is shown to differ significantly across students, and possibly because of a disconnect between a students’ perceived resilience and their ethical ideology. Yet, resilience seldom has been explored in relation to ethical ideology. Objective This study aims to explore self-reported resilience in relation to ethical ideology in undergraduate nursing students, compare differences in scores, and explore relationships between study variables and selected demographic characteristics. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional research design was followed. An online encrypted survey was conducted among a convenient sample of nursing undergraduates who met the eligibility criteria and provided implied informed consent. This study complied with ethical principles outlined in the Canadian Tri-Council Policy Statement for research with human subjects. Ethical approval was secured from the University’s Research Ethics Board. Data were analyzed using mean scores, standard deviations, independent sample t-test, variance analysis with post hoc–testing, and Pearson correlation to explore differences in perceptions and associations between study and selected demographic variables. Results Undergraduate students have a high level of self-reported resilience. Statistically significant differences in self-reported resilience across selected demographic variables were observed. The association between resilience and ethical ideology was not significant. Ethical relativism was significantly correlated with age and year of study. Conclusion Findings suggest that faculty cultivating resilience in nursing students pays attention to gender’s influence discourses in students’ perceptions of resilience and ethical ideology and provides students with opportunities for ethical self-reflection and dialogue to critically examine their ethical ideological perspectives and the influence these may have on moral resilience development. Implications for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Web-Based Virtual Learning Environment for Medicine Administration in Pediatrics and Neonatology: Content Evaluation (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alayne Larissa Martins Pereira ◽  
Casandra Genoveva Rosales Martins Ponce Leon ◽  
Laiane Medeiros Ribeiro ◽  
Guilherme Da Costa Brasil ◽  
Karen Karoline Gouveia Carneiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Medication Administration ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Validity Index ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

BACKGROUND Worldwide, patient safety has been a widely discussed topic and has currently become one of the greatest challenges for health institutions. This concern is heightened when referring to children. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to develop a virtual learning environment for medication administration, as a tool to facilitate the training process of undergraduate nursing students. METHODS Descriptive research and methodological development with a quantitative and qualitative approach were used with stages of design-based research as methodological strategies. For the development of the virtual environment, 5 themes were selected: rights of medication administration, medication administration steps, medication administration routes, medication calculation, and nonpharmacological actions for pain relief. After development, 2 groups—expert judges in the field of pediatrics and neonatology for environment validation and undergraduate nursing students for the assessment—were used to assess the virtual learning environment. For the validation of the virtual learning environment by expert judges, the content validity index was used, and for the evaluation of the students, the percentage of agreement was calculated. RESULTS The study included 13 experts who positively validated the virtual environment with a content validity index of 0.97, and 26 students who considered the content suitable for nursing students, although some adjustments are necessary. CONCLUSIONS The results show the benefit of the virtual learning environment to the training of nursing students and professional nurses who work in health care. It is an effective educational tool for teaching medication administration in pediatrics and neonatology and converges with the conjectures of active methodologies.

scholarly journals Psychometric evaluation of the Arabic version of the Irish Assertiveness Scale among Saudi undergraduate nursing students and interns

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0255159
Author(s):  
Mansour Mansour ◽  
Abd Alhadi Hasan ◽  
Ahmad Alafafsheh
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Arabic Version ◽  
Validity Index ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Content Validity Index ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

Background Irish Assertiveness Scale is commonly used to examine the individual’ level of assertiveness. There is no adequately validated Arabic instrument that examines the level of assertiveness among Arabic-speaking undergraduate nursing students. Objectives The purpose of this study was to translate, then evaluate the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Irish Assertiveness Scale among Saudi undergraduate nursing students and interns. Design Cross-sectional survey. Settings Three nursing colleges from three provinces in Saudi Arabia: Riyadh, Eastern and Makkah provinces. Participants 283 questionnaires were completed by 3rd and 4th year undergraduate nursing students, and nursing interns. Methods A standard procedure including forward-backward translation, cultural adaptation and pilot testing was adopted to translate the Irish Assertiveness Scale into Arabic language. Content validity was measured using content validity index. Scale reliability was measured using cronbach’s alpha coefficient and mean inter-item correlation. The sample was randomly split, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was then conducted on each sample to examine the construct validity of the proposed scale. A subsequent convergent validity and discriminant validity were also tested. Results The item-level content validity index ranged from 0.9 to 1.0, and the overall content validity index was 0.93. The exploratory factor analysis resulted in 23-items, four-factor solution explaining 49.4% of the total variance. The mean inter-item correlation for each factor ranged between 0.22 and 0.4. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the overall scale was 0.80. The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the proposed four-factor solution had the best model fit. Whilst discriminant validity was supported in the new model, convergent validity was partially met. Conclusions This study contributed toward establishing the Arabic version of the Irish Assertiveness Scale. Considering the limitations of the convergent validity demonstrated in the new instrument, a modified version of the Irish Assertiveness Scale might be needed to ascertain the most feasible model which best captures the level of assertiveness in Arabic cultural context.

scholarly journals The perceived behavior and barriers of community care professionals in encouraging functional activities of older adults: the development and validation of the MAINtAIN-C questionnaire

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth G. M. Vogel ◽  
Gerrie J. J. W. Bours ◽  
Silke F. Metzelthin ◽  
Petra M. G. Erkens ◽  
Gerard J. P. van Breukelen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Functional Activities ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Perceived Behavior

Abstract Background Community care professionals need to encourage older adults in performing functional activities to maintain independence. However, professionals often perform functional activities on behalf of older adults. To change this, insights into the behavior and barriers of professionals in encouraging activities are required. In the current study, the MAINtAIN questionnaire, which was developed for nursing homes, was adopted. The objective was to create a modified version that is suitable for measuring behavior and barriers of community care professionals in encouraging functional activities of clients in the community care setting. The overall aims were to assess the content validity, construct validity, and internal consistency of the modified version. Methods Data was collected by qualitative and quantitative methods in two phases. During phase one, the MAINtAIN was assessed on appropriateness and feasibility by community nurses (N = 7), and the adapted questionnaire was assessed on content validity by research experts (N = 9) and community care professionals (N = 18). During phase two, the psychometric properties of the adapted MAINtAIN-C were assessed in community care professionals (N = 80). Construct validity was evaluated by an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), and internal consistency was determined by calculating Cronbach’s alpha coefficients. Results The formulation, verbs, and wording of the MAINtAIN were adapted; some items were excluded and relevant items were added, resulting in the MAINtAIN-C with two scales, showing good content validity. The Behaviors scale (20 items) measures perceived behavior in encouraging functional activities, expressing good internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha: .92). The Barriers scale measures barriers in encouraging functional activities related to two dimensions: 1) the clients’ context (7 items), with good internal consistency (.78); and 2) the professional, social, and organizational contexts (21 items), showing good internal consistency (.83). Conclusions The MAINtAIN-C seems promising to assess the behavior and barriers of community care professionals in encouraging functional activities. It can be used to display a possible difference between perceived and actual behavior, to develop strategies for removing barriers in encouraging activities to foster behavioral change. The results also provide guidance for further research in a larger sample to obtain more insight into the psychometric properties.

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