Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Stressors in Nursing Students Scale

Neriman Akansel; Roger Watson; Aylin Palloş

doi:10.1111/ppc.12936

Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Stressors in Nursing Students Scale

Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2022 Oct;58(4):1341-1347. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12936. Epub 2021 Aug 24.

Authors

Neriman Akansel¹, Roger Watson², Aylin Palloş¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.
² School of Health and Social Work, University of Hull, Hull, UK.

PMID: 34431106
DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12936

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to access the reliability and validity of the Stressors in Nursing Students Scale in the Turkish language (SINS-T).

Design and methods: Data were collected after the linguistic and content validity of the instrument. The study included 436 nursing students.

Findings: The exploratory factor analysis was acceptable, and four factors were determined. These factors were named confidence, education, relationships, and uncertainties.

Practice implications: The SINS-T is a valid and reliable tool to determine the stress experienced by nursing students. Conducting different studies with a large sample size using this instrument will help expose nursing students' stress and its' outcomes.

Keywords: SINS; instrument validation; nursing students; reliability; validity.

MeSH terms

Humans
Language
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Students, Nursing*
Surveys and Questionnaires