Li Tian1,2, Haixia Li3,4, Bei Dong5,3, Congyan Xie3, Hong Wang3,4, Lu Lin6,7. 1. The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China. tianlisz@suda.edu.cn. 2. School of Nursing, Medical College of Soochow University, No. 1 Shizi Street, 215006, Suzhou, People's Republic of China. tianlisz@suda.edu.cn. 3. School of Nursing, Medical College of Soochow University, No. 1 Shizi Street, 215006, Suzhou, People's Republic of China. 4. Suzhou Jiulong Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Suzhou, People's Republic of China. 5. The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China. 6. The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China. linlu@suda.edu.cn. 7. School of Nursing, Medical College of Soochow University, No. 1 Shizi Street, 215006, Suzhou, People's Republic of China. linlu@suda.edu.cn.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To sinicize the Supportive Supervisory Scale (SSS) and analyze the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of SSS (SSS-C). METHODS: The SSS (the original English version) was firstly sinicized and adjusted, then its psychometric properties were examined in 300 health care aides from four long-term care (LTC) facilities. SPSS 22.0 was used to process the data and calculate the reliability and validity. RESULTS: The 15-item SSS-C had satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach's α coefficient = 0.852), split half reliability (Spearman-Brown coefficient = 0.834) and test-retest reliability (Pearson correlation coefficient = 0.784), and three factors were extracted. If the four items with their communality < 0.4 were deleted, the remaining 11 items could explain 55.654% of the total variance. The discriminant validity of the SSS-C varied significantly between sites. CONCLUSIONS: The Chinese version of SSS can be used to effectively measure the supervisory support of the nurses within the LTC settings.
OBJECTIVE: To sinicize the Supportive Supervisory Scale (SSS) and analyze the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of SSS (SSS-C). METHODS: The SSS (the original English version) was firstly sinicized and adjusted, then its psychometric properties were examined in 300 health care aides from four long-term care (LTC) facilities. SPSS 22.0 was used to process the data and calculate the reliability and validity. RESULTS: The 15-item SSS-C had satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach's α coefficient = 0.852), split half reliability (Spearman-Brown coefficient = 0.834) and test-retest reliability (Pearson correlation coefficient = 0.784), and three factors were extracted. If the four items with their communality < 0.4 were deleted, the remaining 11 items could explain 55.654% of the total variance. The discriminant validity of the SSS-C varied significantly between sites. CONCLUSIONS: The Chinese version of SSS can be used to effectively measure the supervisory support of the nurses within the LTC settings.
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Chinese version; Health care aides; Psychometric properties; Supportive supervisory scale
Authors: Astrid Escrig-Pinol; Kirsten N Corazzini; Meagan B Blodgett; Charlene H Chu; Katherine S McGilton Journal: J Nurs Manag Date: 2018-09-10 Impact factor: 3.325