Development and Validation of a Chinese Version of a Professional Identity Scale for Healthcare Students and Professionals
This study was intended to develop a comprehensive and psychometrically adequate professional identity scale for healthcare students and professionals based on Taiwanese cultural contexts. In order to elicit a more consistent result of the psychometric indices of the newly developed scale, the study...
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| description | This study was intended to develop a comprehensive and psychometrically adequate professional identity scale for healthcare students and professionals based on Taiwanese cultural contexts. In order to elicit a more consistent result of the psychometric indices of the newly developed scale, the study adopted a combination of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to examine the consistency of the scale factors. In a pilot study of 562 randomly selected healthcare students and professionals, the EFA yielded a 33-item four-factor model with the terms “professional commitment & devotion” (16 items; 47.33% of variance), “emotional identification & belongingness” (7 items; 9.72% of variance), “professional goals & values” (5 items; 8.17% of variance), and “self-fulfillment & retention tendency” (5 items; 3.38% of variance). The CFA yielded an 18-item four-factor model with good or even excellent fit to the data, where the χ<sup>2</sup>/df ratio = 1.138, Tucker Lewis index (TLI) = 0.997, comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.997, and root mean square of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.016. The convergent validity and discriminant validities were also conducted to test the feasibility of the Professional Identity Scale for Healthcare Students and Professionals (PIS-HSP) scale. For the EFA model, the Cronbach’s alphas for the four factors and the overall scale ranged from 0.84 to 0.96; for the CFA model, the Cronbach’s alphas and composite reliabilities were, respectively, in the ranges of 0.78–0.93 and 0.78–0.97, demonstrating satisfactory reliabilities. The results proved that the developed PIS-HSP can be a reliable measurement tool to assess professional identity for healthcare students and professionals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50ed19fed1c0417b80f55415d1c42b2d2023-11-20T19:27:46ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322020-11-018445110.3390/healthcare8040451Development and Validation of a Chinese Version of a Professional Identity Scale for Healthcare Students and ProfessionalsHung-Chang Liao0Ya-huei Wang1Department of Health Services Administration, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, TaiwanDepartment of Medical Education, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40201, TaiwanThis study was intended to develop a comprehensive and psychometrically adequate professional identity scale for healthcare students and professionals based on Taiwanese cultural contexts. In order to elicit a more consistent result of the psychometric indices of the newly developed scale, the study adopted a combination of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to examine the consistency of the scale factors. In a pilot study of 562 randomly selected healthcare students and professionals, the EFA yielded a 33-item four-factor model with the terms “professional commitment & devotion” (16 items; 47.33% of variance), “emotional identification & belongingness” (7 items; 9.72% of variance), “professional goals & values” (5 items; 8.17% of variance), and “self-fulfillment & retention tendency” (5 items; 3.38% of variance). The CFA yielded an 18-item four-factor model with good or even excellent fit to the data, where the χ<sup>2</sup>/df ratio = 1.138, Tucker Lewis index (TLI) = 0.997, comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.997, and root mean square of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.016. The convergent validity and discriminant validities were also conducted to test the feasibility of the Professional Identity Scale for Healthcare Students and Professionals (PIS-HSP) scale. For the EFA model, the Cronbach’s alphas for the four factors and the overall scale ranged from 0.84 to 0.96; for the CFA model, the Cronbach’s alphas and composite reliabilities were, respectively, in the ranges of 0.78–0.93 and 0.78–0.97, demonstrating satisfactory reliabilities. The results proved that the developed PIS-HSP can be a reliable measurement tool to assess professional identity for healthcare students and professionals.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/4/451professional identityhealthcareexploratory factor analysisconfirmatory factor analysis |
| spellingShingle | Hung-Chang Liao Ya-huei Wang Development and Validation of a Chinese Version of a Professional Identity Scale for Healthcare Students and Professionals Healthcare professional identity healthcare exploratory factor analysis confirmatory factor analysis |
| title | Development and Validation of a Chinese Version of a Professional Identity Scale for Healthcare Students and Professionals |
| title_full | Development and Validation of a Chinese Version of a Professional Identity Scale for Healthcare Students and Professionals |
| title_fullStr | Development and Validation of a Chinese Version of a Professional Identity Scale for Healthcare Students and Professionals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and Validation of a Chinese Version of a Professional Identity Scale for Healthcare Students and Professionals |
| title_short | Development and Validation of a Chinese Version of a Professional Identity Scale for Healthcare Students and Professionals |
| title_sort | development and validation of a chinese version of a professional identity scale for healthcare students and professionals |
| topic | professional identity healthcare exploratory factor analysis confirmatory factor analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/4/451 |
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