title: Reliability and validity test of the Korean version of Noe's evaluation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to demonstrate whether the functionalities between the widely used questionnaire in other countries and the Korean-translated version show similarity. Also, it intends to verify their reliability and validity.
  
  
  METHODS
  The original questionnaire was first developed by professor Noe at the University of Minnesota with 29 items named as "mentoring functions" to identify the participants' psychological and career-development functions. Using the Korean-translated version of the original questionnaire, the study was conducted on total 288 Kyung Hee University medical students, ranging from the first-year students to the third-year students on December 2015. In order to investigate if the survey form could be applied to the Korean participants, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted, using varimax rotation. Cronbachαstatistics and the figures of standardized regression weights were analyzed respectively to indicate construct, convergent, and discriminant validities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The result of exploratory factor analysis shows there are a total of three functions, including the additional "friendship function" (Eigen value, 1.152; significant level if higher than 1.0) with its high emphasis. The result of confirmatory factor analysis also demonstrates the similarity (p=0.000). As the whole reliability scale of the three functions is significantly high (Cronbachα, 0.971), each reliability scales of the three functions are shown to be high (0.814-0.955) as well.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The model, with its three functions, proved the significant statistics regarding the reliability and validity. According to this ground, the conclusion is that the adapted questionnaire used in this study could be applied to Korean medical students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education and Medical Humanities, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yedam
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6171-7476
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education and Medical Humanities, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Oh Young
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0817-2256
authors.initials: OY
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education and Medical Humanities, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: So Youn
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0553-5381
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education and Medical Humanities, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Tai Young
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5743-9044
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education and Medical Humanities, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Eun
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0694-6844
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012931:Social Environment; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Medical students; Mentoring; Reproducibility of results