2018 Volume 27 Pages 149-156
Aim: To examine the reliability and validity of “The Child-Nursing Student Relational Assessment Scale” as a self-assessment scale for students to assess their relationships with children in the first few days of a pediatric nursing practicum.
Methods: As an overview of the study, the first stage was to establish constructs and operational definitions for an assessment scale of relationships with children. Items were selected based on operational definitions of constructs. Content validity and face validity of the scale items were examined with faculty members and with students of nursing university. Items were revised based on the results of, leading to the creation of a draft scale of 55 items. Reliability and validity of the draft scale were then examined. Reliability and validity were examined through a questionnaire survey conducted with 1,132 nursing students. Analysis was conducted through factor analysis, Cronbach’s alpha, and correlation with external reference. All the studies were approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the author’s institution.
Results: In total, 190 valid responses were obtained. Through item analysis and exploratory factor analysis (principal factor, Promax rotation), 25 items were deleted and a 30-item scale with three subscales was created. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.758-0.920. Significant positive correlations were observed with external criteria, indicating concurrent validity.
Discussion: The reliability and validity of the scale were confirmed. By using this selfassessment scale to assess relationships with children in the first few days of a pediatric nursing practicum, students were able to ascertain the current state of these relationships.
