Development and validation of a new instrument to measure nursing students compassion strengths: The Bolton Compassion Strengths Indicators.
Compassion strengths
Instrument validation
Nursing students
Wellbeing
Journal
Nurse education in practice
ISSN: 1873-5223
Titre abrégé: Nurse Educ Pract
Pays: Scotland
ID NLM: 101090848
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2020
Jul 2020
Historique:
received:
14
10
2019
revised:
06
06
2020
accepted:
09
06
2020
entrez:
12
8
2020
pubmed:
12
8
2020
medline:
4
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Despite considerable research and rhetoric on the importance of compassion in nursing, progress has been hindered by the lack of an adequate psychometric instrument to measure its multidimensional nature. This paper reports several studies conducted over three stages, to develop and validate a new instrument to measure nurses' compassion strengths. A purposive sample of UK pre-registered nursing students studying at a University took part in this study. The eight indicators highlight the multidimensional nature of compassion. The Bolton Compassion Strengths Indicators (BCSIs) demonstrated robust psychometric properties and could provide the means by which nursing students can empower themselves, as they strive to develop their professional identity as compassionate practitioners. This new measure will also help other researchers and educators who wish to study the development of compassion strengths in nursing.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32778374
pii: S1471-5953(19)30875-3
doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102822
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102822Informations de copyright
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