A new, four-item instrument to measure workplace bullying.
Studies on workplace bullying either in the U.S. or internationally rarely include nurses. We tested the concurrent validity of the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (22 items) with a sample of nurses. Five hundred eleven registered nurses (RNs) responded to a mailed survey. Factor, reliability, and regression analyses tested dimensionality, reliability, and construct and criterion validity. Workplace bullying is best seen as a one-dimensional construct. A subset of four items was found to be both valid and reliable in measuring bullying in this sample. Findings support the use of a one-dimensional, four-item questionnaire to measure perceived bullying in nursing populations. Using a four-item questionnaire decreases participant and researcher burden and makes available an outcome measure for future descriptive and predictive interventional research.
University of Massachusetts at Lowell, 3 Solomont Way, Suite 2, Lowell, MA 01854-5126, USA.
Shellie R
SR
Simons
Roland B
RB
Stark
Rosanna F
RF
DeMarco
D058445:Bullying / Q000523:psychology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data