Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2024
Publisher
Elsevier
Source Publication
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Source ISSN
0883-9417
Original Item ID
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2024.03.003
Abstract
Increasing the resilience of undergraduate nursing students is essential for the individual student's well-being and the healthcare system dealing with a looming nursing shortage. Undergraduate nursing students have reported that positive thinking and positive reframing are ways of coping with exposure to suffering, but measurement of these skills remains limited in this population. This is the first study to examine the psychometric properties of the Positive Thinking Skills Scale specifically in undergraduate nursing students and in a sample that includes students from both public and private universities. Internal consistency was demonstrated with a Chronbach's alpha of 0.824, convergent validity was demonstrated with correlations with measures of views of suffering and professional quality of life, and the one-factor structure was supported in a sample of 157 undergraduate nursing students. The Positive Thinking Skills Scale can be a useful tool to both assess and measure the development of positive thinking skills in undergraduate nursing students.
Recommended Citation
Engbers, Ruth A.; Bekhet, Abir K.; Jerofke-Owen, Teresa; Johnson, Norah L.; and Singh, Maharaj, "Psychometric Properties of the Positive Thinking Skills Scale Among Undergraduate Nursing Students" (2024). College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications. 1030.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/nursing_fac/1030
Comments
Accepted version. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, Vol. 50 (June 2024): 21-26. DOI. © 2024 Elsevier (WB Saunders). Used with permission.