Development and testing of the career decision-making self-efficacy scale for nursing students: a methodological study

Abstract

Background The conventional Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale does not reflect the situation in Korea due to different sociocultural attributes and fails to account for the unique nursing profession and changes in healthcare. We aimed to develop and psychometrically test the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale for Nursing Students. Methods A methodological study using a newly developed questionnaire tool and investigation of the validity and reliability of the preliminary instrument. Data were collected from 400 nursing students through an online survey conducted in May 2021. We identified 56 preliminary items through a literature review and focus group interviews. Of them, 40 were completed with a content validity index > .80. Content, construct, and criterion-related validity; internal consistency reliability; and test-retest reliability were used in the analysis. Results Exploratory factor analysis revealed three factors including 21 items: adapting to work (20.5%), understanding the major (20.2%), and goal setting (16.4%), explaining 57.1% of the total variance. As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, 17 items in the three-factor structure were validated. Reliability, as verified by the test-retest interclass correlation coefficient, was .86 and Cronbach’s α was .92. The final Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale for Nursing Students consists of 17 items: adapting to work (7 items); understanding the major (4 items); and goal setting (6 items). Conclusion The scale developed to measure the career decision-making self-efficacy of nursing students showed sufficient validity and reliability.

Personality traits, glass ceiling beliefs and their impact on the career decision-making self-efficacy of women advocates

“…This study focused on the relationships between career self-efficacy and years of work experience and factors such as glass ceiling beliefs and personality traits. Jung and Yoo (2022) studied the development and testing of the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale for Nursing Students. Bandira (1977) studied self-efficacy toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.…”

“…The items used to develop the scale were adopted from three major studies where the items denial (10 items), resignation (10 items), resilience (11 items) and acceptance (7 items) were adopted from Smith et al (2012). The career decision-making self-efficacy scale based on 25 items was adopted from the study by Jung and Yoo (2022) with 15 items and Xin et al ( 2020) with 10 items. The…”