An exploration of the structure of mentors' behavior in nursing education using exploratory factor analysis and Mokken scale analysis

作者：Chen, Yanhua^*; Watson, Roger; Hilton, Andrea

来源：Nurse Education Today, 2016, 40: 161-167.

DOI：10.1016/j.nedt.2016.03.001

• Nursing
• Mentors' behavior
• Exploratory factor analysis
• Mokken scale analysis

Background: To understand nursing students' expectation from their mentors and assess mentors' performance, a scale of mentors' behavior was developed based on literature review and focus group in China.
Objectives: This study aims to explore the structure of mentors' behavior.
Design: A cross-sectional survey.
Setting: Data were collected from nursing students in three hospitals in southwest China in 2014.
Participant: A total of 669 pre-registered nursing students in their final year clinical learning participated in this study.
Methods: Exploratory factor analysis and Mokken scale analysis was employed to explore the structure and hierarchical property of mentors' behavior.
Results: Three dimensions (professional development, facilitating learning and psychosocial support) were identified by factor analysis and confirmed by Mokken scaling analysis. The three sub-scales showed internal consistency reliability from 87% to 91%, and moderate to strong precision in ordering students' expectation about mentors' behavior and a small Mokken scale showing hierarchy was identified.
Conclusion: Some insight into the structure of mentoring in nursing education has been obtained and a scale which could be used in the study of mentoring and in the preparation of mentors has been developed.

• 出版日期2016-5
• 单位西南医科大学