Development of a Stress Scale for Korean Nursing Students.
10.4040/jkan.2008.38.3.410
- Author:
Ji Soo YOO
1
;
Soo Jung CHANG
;
Eun Kyoung CHOI
;
Jee Won PARK
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Nursing students;
Stress;
Measurement;
Scale
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Data Interpretation, Statistical;
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate;
Female;
Humans;
Interpersonal Relations;
Korea;
Male;
Program Development;
Psychometrics;
Q-Sort;
Questionnaires;
*Stress, Psychological;
Students, Nursing/*psychology;
Young Adult
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2008;38(3):410-419
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop a stress measurement scale for Korean nursing students. METHODS: Sixty preliminary items were selected by classifying 229 basic items extracted via literature review and Q-sorting method. In order to verify the reliability and validity of the preliminary instrument, data were collected from 617 nursing students in 2 colleges of nursing in Korea. RESULTS: As a result of the item analysis, 58 items were selected. They consisted of 2 types of stress which were college-based stress (38 items) and clinical-based stress (20 items). Ten factors in college-based stress and four factors in clinical-based stress were extracted by factor analysis, and each had a total variance of 63.01%, and 64.93%. Cronbach's Alpha of those 58 items were .937 in college-based stress and .922 in clinical-based stress, which was high. CONCLUSION: This paper is meaningful in a way that it has developed a tool capable of measuring stress for nursing students, which reflects the characteristics of our country. It is recommended for further study to re-verify the relevance and stability of this measurement.
