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Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Undergraduate Nursing Student Academic Satisfaction Scale Publisher



Rahmatpour P1, 2 ; Nia HS3, 4 ; Farahani MA5 ; Allen KA6, 7
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  1. 1. Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
  3. 3. School of Nursing and Midwifery Amol, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
  4. 4. Educational Development Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
  5. 5. Nursing Care Research Center (NCRC), Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. School of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
  7. 7. Centre for Wellbeing Science, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Source: Journal of Nursing Measurement Published:2022


Abstract

Background and Purpose: Measuring student satisfaction among nursing students is necessary for academic institute. This study aimed to validate and measure the reliability of the Persian version of the Undergraduate Nursing Student Academic Satisfaction Scale (UNSASS). Methods: This study was conducted on 437 undergraduate nursing students from September to December 2019. Face, content, construct validity (exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis), and reliability of the UNSASS were assessed. Results: The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that the Persian version of the UNSASS was composed of three factors: university, clinical, and faculty, which explained 41.77% of the overall variance. Conclusions: The research revealed that the Persian version of the UNSASS has acceptable validity and reliability, which can be used to measure the academic satisfaction of undergraduate nursing students. © Copyright 2022 Springer Publishing Company, LLC.
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