[Development of a stress scale for Korean nursing students].
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.
Yoo
Ji Soo
JS
College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
Chang
Soo Jung
SJ
Choi
Eun Kyoung
EK
Park
Jee Won
JW
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