title: [Development of a stress scale for Korean nursing students].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to develop a stress measurement scale for Korean nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty preliminary items were selected by classifying 229 basic items extracted via literature review and Q-sorting method. In order to verify the reliability and validity of the preliminary instrument, data were collected from 617 nursing students in 2 colleges of nursing in Korea.
  
  
  RESULTS
  As a result of the item analysis, 58 items were selected. They consisted of 2 types of stress which were college-based stress (38 items) and clinical-based stress (20 items). Ten factors in college-based stress and four factors in clinical-based stress were extracted by factor analysis, and each had a total variance of 63.01%, and 64.93%. Cronbach's Alpha of those 58 items were .937 in college-based stress and .922 in clinical-based stress, which was high.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This paper is meaningful in a way that it has developed a tool capable of measuring stress for nursing students, which reflects the characteristics of our country. It is recommended for further study to re-verify the relevance and stability of this measurement.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Soo Jung
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Eun Kyoung
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jee Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development; D011594:Psychometrics; D011779:Q-Sort; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult