Development and psychometric evaluation of the gender attitudes of nursing students towards the nursing profession scale

Fatma Basaran; Nedime Kosgeroglu

doi:10.18502/npt.v10i1.12259

Fatma Basaran Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, Agri, Türkiye
Nedime Kosgeroglu Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Cyprus Science University, Kyrenia, Cyprus

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/npt.v10i1.12259

Keywords: nursing students; gender; attitude; validity; reliability

Abstract

Background & Aim: The fact that the nursing profession is seen as a female profession deepens gender discrimination in the nursing profession. This research aimed to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool to determine the gender attitudes of nursing students towards the nursing profession and study the psychometric properties thereof.

Methods & Materials: The study is methodological research. The research was conducted with 238 nursing students at a public university in Türkiye.

Results: Exploratory factor analysis reduced the total number of items from 41 to 10. 10 items categorized under three factors were determined to explain 57.11% of the total variance. The total Cronbach Alpha value of the scale is .62. The scale consists of 3 factors entitled “Male Gender Role”, “Professional Stereotypes,” and “Gender Discrimination”, which further include a total of 10 items.

Conclusion: The scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be used to determine the gender attitudes of nursing students toward the nursing profession.