Reliability and validity of Chinese version of the Manager's Activities Scale

VernacularTitle:护理管理者领导力测评工具中文版信效度研究
Author: Jinhua YANG ; Yanhui LIU ; Chunping HUANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Nurses; Manager's Activities Scale; Leadership; Reliability; Validity
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2012;28(29):1-4
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: ObjectiveTo evaluate the reliability and validity of Chinese version of the Manager's Activities Scale (MAS). MethodsMAS was administered to 350 nurses and evaluated for the reliability and validity using SPSS17.0 and AMOS 17.0. ResultsThe Cronbach's α of MAS was 0.92 and the testretest reliability was 0.902 and the content validity was 0.96.The correlations between each item and total scale were ranged from 0.720 to 0.823.One factor was extracted by exploratory factor analysis and could explain 56.98％ of the total variance.The confirmatory factor analysis revealed a good fit of the model to the data based on various fit indices (x2/df ratio =1.301,GFI=0.963,AGFI＝0.927,NFI=0.966,IFI＝0.992,TLI=0.987,CFI=0.992,RMSEA=0.039). ConclusionsChinese version of MAS is reliable and valid,and can be used in the research of Chinese nursing leadership.