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1. Assessment of the Opening Minds Scale for use with nursing students.

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Happell, Brenda, Platania‐Phung, Chris, Scholz, Brett, Bocking, Julia, Horgan, Aine, Manning, Fionnuala, Doody, Rory, Hals, Elisabeth, Granerud, Arild, Jan van der Vaart, Kornelis, Allon, Jerry, Lahti, Mari, Pulli, Jarmo, Vatula, Annaliina, Ellilä, Heikki, Griffin, Martha, Russell, Siobhan, MacGabhann, Liam, Bjornsson, Einar, and Biering, Pall

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*CHI-squared test, *STATISTICAL correlation, *FACTOR analysis, *MENTAL health, *MENTAL illness, *NURSING students, *PSYCHOMETRICS, *STATISTICS, *SOCIAL stigma, *DATA analysis, *UNDERGRADUATES, *RESEARCH methodology evaluation, *DATA analysis software, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Abstract

Purpose: Evaluate the validity of the Opening Minds Scale (OMS) for nursing students via Rasch models and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Design and methods: Undergraduate nursing student responses to OMS (n = 423). Validity was evaluated via CFA and Rasch analysis. Findings: CFA results were strongest for a three‐factor 13‐item version of OMS. Rasch modeling supported sound properties for two of three scales. Internal reliabilities ranged between 0.6 and 0.7. Practice implications: OMS has potential as a valid measure for stigma research and antistigma program evaluation. Rasch analysis suggest it is inappropriate to use a total OMS score for nursing student populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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2. Nursing Students' Attitudes Towards People Diagnosed with Mental Illness and Mental Health Nursing: An International Project from Europe and Australia.

Author

Happell, Brenda, Platania-Phung, Chris, Bocking, Julia, Scholz, Brett, Horgan, Aine, Manning, Fionnuala, Doody, Rory, Hals, Elisabeth, Granerud, Arild, Lahti, Mari, Pullo, Jarmo, Ellilä, Heikki, Annaliina, Vatula, van der Vaart, Kornelis Jan, Allon, Jerry, Griffin, Martha, Russell, Siobhan, MacGabhann, Liam, Bjornsson, Einar, and Biering, Pall

Subjects
*CHI-squared test, *LABOR supply, *NURSING career counseling, *NURSING students, *PSYCHIATRIC nursing, *QUESTIONNAIRES, *SELF-evaluation, *STATISTICS, *SOCIAL stigma, *STUDENT attitudes, *SURVEYS, *DATA analysis, *QUANTITATIVE research, *CROSS-sectional method, *DATA analysis software, *ATTITUDES toward mental illness, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Abstract

The stigma associated with a diagnosis of mental illness is well known yet has not reduced significantly in recent years. Health professionals, including nurses, have been found to share similar negative attitudes towards people with labelled with mental illness as the general public. The low uptake of mental health nursing as a career option reflects these stigmatised views and is generally regarded as one of the least popular areas of in which to establish a nursing career. The aim of the current project was to examine nursing students' attitudes towards the concept of mental illness and mental health nursing across four European countries (Ireland, Finland, Norway and the Netherlands), and Australia, using the Opening Minds Scale and the Mental Health Nurse Education survey. The surveys were distributed to students prior to the commencement of the mental health theory component. Attitudes towards mental health nursing were generally favourable. Differences in opinion were evident in attitudes towards mental illness as a construct; with students from Australia and Ireland tending to have more positive attitudes than students from Finland, Norway and the Netherlands. The future quality of mental health services is dependent on attracting sufficient nurses with the desire, knowledge and attitudes to work in mental health settings. Understanding attitudes towards mental illness and mental health nursing is essential to achieving this aim. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
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