Examination of the Structural Validity of the Clinical Learning Environment Inventory Using Exploratory Factor Analysis.
J Nurs Meas
; 27(2): 210-220, 2019 08 01.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:
This study tested the psychometrics of the Clinical Learning Environment Inventory (CLEI-actual version), a tool designed to measure the perceptions of nursing students' clinical learning. The developer of the CLEI did not report structural validity.METHOD:
Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed using data from 311 licensure nursing students to assess the CLEI's proposed dimensions or structural validity.RESULTS:
The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) test indicated acceptable sampling adequacy. Analysis of four different models, while retaining items with factor loadings >0.35, resulted in a four-factor solution with 32 items. The factors were renamed Concern for Student Welfare (the highest weighted factor); Organized/Effective Teaching; Enjoyment of Clinical Learning; and Student Decision-Making.CONCLUSIONS:
This study suggests that the 32 item four-factor CLEI is sufficiently structurally valid and reliable for further testing.Palabras clave
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Estudiantes de Enfermería
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Bachillerato en Enfermería
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Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Humans
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J Nurs Meas
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Año:
2019
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Article