The Women's Role Strain Inventory: a Chinese translation and psychometric analyses for Taiwanese women.
BACKGROUND
To date, there is no instrument that measures role strain experienced by Chinese speaking women engaged in multiple roles of working professionals, and wife/mother.


OBJECTIVE
The objectives of this study were to: (1) translate the women's role strain inventory (WRSI) into Chinese; (2) compare the translated version (WRSI-C) to the original English version of the instrument to measure role strain of women who are engaged in multiple roles; and (3) complete a psychometric evaluation of the (WRSI-C) Chinese version of the WRSI in this different culture.


METHODS
Taiwanese women (N=448) working as professional nurses, attending classes, and maintaining family responsibilities provided the data.


METHODS
Reliability of the WRSI-C was compared to the English version by comparing Cronbach's alpha coefficients. Test-retest reliability was assessed using intra-class and Spearman correlations. Validity of the WRSI-C (long form) was assessed using exploratory factor analyses.


RESULTS
The WRSI-C was found to be both reliable and valid.


CONCLUSIONS
The reliability and validity of the WRSI-C appeared to be consistent across English and Taiwanese samples.
Yang
Chiu-Yueh
CY
Graduate Institute of Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine, Fu-Jen University, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. nurs1011@mails.fju.edu.tw
Lengacher
Cecile A
CA
Beckstead
Jason W
JW
Shiau
Shujen
S
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011594:Psychometrics; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012944:Social Support; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013624:Taiwan; D014175:Translating; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology