Development and Psychometric Testing of the Mariani Nursing Career Satisfaction Scale '

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  • Bette A. Mariani, PhD, RN

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Session presented on: Tuesday, July 23, 2013: Purpose: The Mariani Nursing Career Satisfaction Scale (MNCSS) Research Instrument was developed as an integral part of a research study conducted to explore the influence of mentoring on career satisfaction of registered nurses. A review of the literature revealed no available measure of career satisfaction. Methods: The MNCSS is a semantic differential of 16-opposite adjectives scales which was developed for participants to rate their feelings about their nursing career. The MNCSS was used in a pilot study and three major studies exploring career satisfaction of registered nurses. Validity, reliability, and exploratory factor analysis (FA) were done to explore the internal structure of the instrument. Results: The newly developed instrument had a content validity index of .84 and Cronbach alpha internal consistency reliabilities of .93 to .96 across three major studies. Exploratory factor analysis (N = 496) revealed a univocal instrument with one factor that explains 57.8% of the variance in career satisfaction scores. Conclusion: The MNCSS is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring career satisfaction. Factor analysis of the combined data from three studies yielded one factor that measures the concept of career satisfaction.
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24th International Nursing Research Congress Theme: Bridge the Gap Between Research and Practice Through Collaboration. Held at the Hilton Prague Hotel.
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2013-10-22T20:24:30Z
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KeywordsFactor Analysis;
Career Satisfaction;
Instrument Development
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Name24th International Nursing Research Congress
HostSigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society of Nursing
LocationPrague, Czech Republic
Date2013
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