Psychometric properties of unemployment syndrome scale and relevance to clinical practice
| Autor: | María Ángeles Dueñas Rodríguez, Isabel Lepiani, Ester Gilart, Anna Bocchino, Maria Jesus Medialdea |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Psychometrics
030504 nursing Research and Theory media_common.quotation_subject Reproducibility of Results Public health nursing Construct validity Exploratory factor analysis 03 medical and health sciences Cross-Sectional Studies 0302 clinical medicine Convergent validity Cronbach's alpha Unemployment Surveys and Questionnaires Scale (social sciences) Humans Fundamentals and skills 030212 general & internal medicine 0305 other medical science Psychology Reliability (statistics) Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Nursing Knowledge. 32:229-239 |
| ISSN: | 2047-3095 2047-3087 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/2047-3095.12316 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE This study was designed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the newly completed unemployment syndrome scale (USS). METHOD Using a cross-sectional descriptive design, 319 long-term unemployed people completed a questionnaire. FINDINGS Internal consistency reliability was supported by Cronbach's α value of .912 for the total scale. To assess the construct validity of the USS, we examined convergent validity, known-groups validity, and exploratory factor analysis. We also assessed convergent validity by examining the relationship between the USS and five other related and known concepts. The Exploratory Factor Analysis performed on the USS extracted three factors with Eigen values >1 (Kaiser's Criterion), which explained the variability of 55.16%. As hypothesized, all correlations were moderate. On the other hand, regarding known-groups validity, the hypotheses were validated. CONCLUSIONS This evidence of the reliability and validity of USS supports its use in research and clinical practice to evaluate the impact of long-term unemployment and its treatment. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE The USS is a Spanish clinical tool for the assessment of patients with unemployment syndrome symptoms and integral needs care by nursing professionals. |
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