Abstract
Objective: To validate the Stressors in Nursing Students Scale-Chinese Version (SINS-CN) in a population of Macao nursing students. Methods: A methodological study was designed with 2 phases. In phase 1, a three-expert panel was invited to evaluate the content validity of SINS-CN, and then its test-retest reliability was examined over a 2-week interval. In phase 2, 211 undergraduate nursing students were recruited and 203 valid responses to the questionnaire were obtained. A principal component analysis with varimax rotation was applied to validate the structure of the instrument. Results: The content validity index (CVI) was 0.89. The correlation coefficient of the test-retest reliability was 0.82 for the overall instrument and 0.70-0.88 for the instrument's sub-dimensions. Based on the 43 items of the instrument, five components were identified and accounted for 60.28% of the variance with eigenvalues ranging from 1.32 to 10.18. The factor loadings were 0.42-0.79. The internal consistency reliability of Cronbach's α was 0.96 for the overall scale and 0.67-.094 for its sub-dimensions. Conclusion: The study findings indicated that SINS-CN had acceptable psychometric properties in terms of content validity, stability and internal consistency reliability. The principal component analysis generated a 5-component structure with 43 items; this was slightly different from the original structure but was more applicable to the studied population, which suggests that this instrument has cross-cultural sensitivity.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Chinese Nursing Research |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- nursing students
- stress (psychology)
- nursing