Development of a Values Assessment Instrument for Nursing Students

<p>The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable tool to assess nursing students' values in the areas of 1) abortion and birth control; 2) care of the terminally ill; and 3) mental illness. Rokeach's Theory of Organization and Change Within Value- Attitude Systems served as the theoretical framework for the study.<br> The instrument was developed by the researcher through a review of the literature, review of other instruments, and the researcher's experiences. The method of scaling the questionnaire was a six point Likert-type scale.<br> Junior level nursing students at a private midwestern college Were used to test the instrument for reliability. Program TESTAT which gives group data, subscale and overall reliability coefficients was used to establish reliability. A t-test was also done.<br> The instrument was reviewed for content validity by a panel of experts.<br> Based on satisfactory alpha reliabilities on each subscale as well as the overall tool, and high agreement on content validity, the researcher concluded the instrument was valid and reliable.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Open Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate Nursing

Year

1983

Author dc:creator

• DeGroot, Patricia

Contributors dc:contributor

• Evelyn T. Peterson

• Nursing

Statement dc:rights

• <p>In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted<br /><a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/</a></p>

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/662

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:openprairie.sdstate.edu:etd-1662