title: Content and factor validation of the Sieloff-King-Friend Assessment of Group Empowerment within Educational Organizations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Nursing education programs have responsibilities to their stakeholders to prepare graduates who can provide safe, effective patient centered care while leading health care changes. Empowered nurses have been associated with low nurse turnover and higher patient satisfaction; however, less is currently known about group empowerment in nursing education. In order to examine group empowerment in schools of nursing, the Sieloff-King Assessment of Group Empowerment in Organizations (SKAGEO©) was adapted and tested for content validity and confirmatory factor analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The adapted instrument, the Sieloff-King-Friend Assessment of Group Empowerment within Educational Organizations (SKFAGEEO) was first reviewed by nurse experts who provided quantitative and qualitative data regarding each item. A total of 320 nurse deans and faculty comprised the final sample for the second order confirmatory 8 factor analysis. Findings revealed factor loadings ranging from .455 to .960.The overall fit of the propose model was Chi Square=1383. 24, df=566, p<.001; GFI=.786, RMSEA=0.69.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study results indicated that the SKFAGEEO has acceptable psychometric properties.
authors.affiliation: Capstone College of Nursing, Box 870358, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0358, USA. Electronic address: mlfriend@ua.edu.
authors.forename: Mary Louanne
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Friend
authors.affiliation: Montana State University, Bozeman College of Nursing, Billings Campus, Box 574, Billings, MT 59101, USA. Electronic address: csieloff@montana.edu.
authors.forename: Christina Leibold
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Sieloff
authors.affiliation: Capstone College of Nursing, Box 870358, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0358, USA. Electronic address: shannon.q.murphy@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: The University of Alabama, College of Community Health Sciences, Department of Community & Rural Medicine Box, 870327 Tuscaloosa, AL, USA. Electronic address: jleeper@cchs.ua.edu.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leeper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Factor analysis; King's conceptual systems framework; Nursing faculty group empowerment; Sieloff-King Assessment of Group Empowerment within Organizations; Validity