Influences on the cultural self-efficacy of community health nurses.
This paper presents the results of factor and regression analyses conducted on the Cultural Self-Efficacy Scale to determine the underlying conceptual structure, and relationship to demographic variables. The Cultural Self-Efficacy Scale was first used with a sample of 190 community health nurses in Connecticut. It has an estimated total scale internal consistency of .97. In 1988, data were collected to examine cross-cultural self-efficacy of nurses working in a variety of settings, including health departments. The principal factor analysis revealed a four factor structure that is conceptually meaningful. Taken together, the four factors accounted for 90% of the total scale variance. Regression analyses showed significant relationships between perceptions of efficacy and demographic variables of race, education, and experience.
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D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000592:standards*