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Development and psychometric properties of professional belonging scale for nursing students
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LADAN ZARSHENAS, FARKHONDEH SHARIF, ZAHRA MOLAZEM, ABBAS EBADI, MOHAMMAD KHAYYER, NAJAF ZARE
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The aim of this study was to develop and psychometrically test a scale of professional belonging in Iran. This study
was carried out using exploratory mixed method on 150 nursing students. After using grounded theory, the process of
professional belongings was explained and a 61-item question bank was formed and then the psychometric
characteristics of the designed tools were examined. Following different quantitative and qualitative face and content
validity, in construct validity, three methods of convergent, divergent and exploratory factor analysis were examined.
By explaining a variance of 56.14%, the assessment tool of professional belonging was formulated with 47 items and
the 5 factors of personal views, professional acceptance, educationalcon text, interpersonal communications and
perceived consequence in the Likert scale. In convergent and divergent validity, the correlation between belonging
scale and depression questionnaire were (r=0.1), lower than that between belonging scale and self-efficiency
questionnaire (r=0.6) The reliability was also examined using two methods of internal consistency using Cronbach
alpha(0.97) and tool stability(r=0.76). The Nursing Students Belonging Scale can be used as a criterion for measuring
the nursing students’ professional belonging and improving clinical environments.
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Instrument development, Nursing students, Professional belonging, Psychometric Properties
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http://eoi.citefactor.org/10.11209/ijpr.10.03
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2018.10.03.062
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