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Assessment of the Opening Minds Scale for use with nursing students.
- Source :
- Perspectives in Psychiatric Care; Oct2019, Vol. 55 Issue 4, p661-666, 6p, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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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]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00315990
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 139135360
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12393