Measuring mobbing experiences of academic nurses: development of a mobbing scale.
OBJECTIVE
The aims of this study were to develop a mobbing scale for academic nurses and to determine their mobbing experiences.


METHODS
Data were collected between January and June 2006 with a 60-item mobbing scale and a questionnaire composed of 6 questions concerning demographics and 10 questions regarding nurses' opinions about mobbing.


CONCLUSIONS
For the Mobbing Scale for Academic Nurses, the content validity index was 88%, item-to-total correlations ranged from .41 to .73, Cronbach alpha was .97, and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy was .72. Barlett's test yielded quite significant results (chi2= 7905.47, p = .000). The scale was composed of eight subscales. One fifth of the academic nurses experienced mobbing, and there was evidence of mobbing at university nursing schools.


CONCLUSIONS
The mobbing scale for academic nurses can be used to collect reliable and accurate data about mobbing experienced by academic nurses. If there is mobbing in nursing faculties and schools, appropriate precautions should be taken to protect people against mobbing, and a safe and comfortable atmosphere must be created in nursing faculties and schools.
Ozturk
Havva
H
Trabzon School of Health Sciences, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. ozturkhavva@hotmail.com
Sokmen
Serap
S
Yilmaz
Fatma
F
Cilingir
Dilek
D
D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D016272:Occupational Health; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D012934:Social Isolation; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014421:Turkey; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*