title: Exploring the factorial composition of the transcultural self-efficacy tool.
abstract: The factorial composition of the transcultural self-efficacy tool (TSET) was explored using data from 1,260 culturally diverse undergraduate nursing students. The TEST was an 83-item questionnaire designed to measure and evaluate students' confidence for performing general transcultural nursing skills among diverse client populations. A principal component analysis, with the varimax rotation, yielded nine factors: recognition, kinship and social factors, professional nursing care, cultural background and identity, lifecycle transitional phenomena, awareness of cultural gap, communication, self-awareness and appreciation. The results indicate that the TEST assesses the multidimensional nature of transcultural self-efficacy and taps the three dimensions of learning: cognitive, practical and affective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, City University of New York College of Staten Island 10314, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Jeffreys
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Smodlaka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013338:Students, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D016746:Transcultural Nursing