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Development of a Stress Scale for Korean Nursing Students  

Yoo, Ji-Soo (College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Nursing Policy Institute)
Chang, Soo-Jung (College of Nursing, Yonsei University)
Choi, Eun-Kyoung (College of Nursing, Yonsei University)
Park, Jee-Won (College of Nursing, Ajou University)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.38, no.3, 2008 , pp. 410-419 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Nursing students; Stress; Measurement; scale;
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