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Development of a Scale to Measure Korean Ego-integrity in Older Adults  

Chang, Sung-Ok (College of Nursing, Korea University)
Kong, Eun-Sook (Margaret Pritchard University)
Kim, Kwuy-Bun (College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University)
Kim, Nam-Cho (College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, Ju-Hee (Department of Nursing, Hanyang University)
Kim, Chun-Gill (Department of Nursing, Hallym University)
Kim, Hee-Kyung (Department of Nursing, Kongju National University)
Song, Mi-Soon (College of Nursing, Seoul National University)
Ahn, Soo-Yeon (Department of Nursing, Hallym University)
Lee, Kyung-Ja (College of Nursing, Yonsei University)
Lee, Young-Whee (Department of Nursing, Inha University)
Chon, Si-Ja (Red Cross College of Nursing)
Cho, Nam-Ok (Department of Nursing, Korea National Open University)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.37, no.3, 2007 , pp. 334-342 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: Ego-integrity in older adults is the central concept related to quality of life in later life. Therefore, for effective interventions to enhance the quality of later life, a scale to measure ego-integrity in older adults is necessary. This study was carried out to develop a scale to measure ego-integrity in older adults. Methods: This study utilized cronbach's alpha in analyzing the reliability of the collected data and expert group, and factor analysis and item analysis to analyze validity. Results: Seventeen items were selected from a total of 21 items. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for internal consistency was.88 for the 17 items of ego-integrity in the older adults scale. Three factors evolved by factor analysis, which explained 50.71% of the total variance. Conclusions: The scale for measuring ego-integrity in Korean older adults in this study was evaluated as a tool with a high degree of reliability and validity.
Keywords
Ego;
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