The new Intragroup Conflict Scale: testing and psychometric properties.
Journal of Nursing Measurement
|May 24, 2014
Summary
This study tested a new conflict measurement scale for healthcare professionals. The scale demonstrated good reliability and validity, offering a tool to understand workplace conflict impacts.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Organizational Psychology
- Nursing Research
Background:
- Healthy work environments are crucial in healthcare organizations.
- Workplace conflict negatively impacts healthcare settings.
- Understanding and measuring conflict is essential.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and test a psychometrically sound measure of workplace conflict.
- To provide a reliable tool for assessing conflict in healthcare settings.
Main Methods:
- A survey was administered to 430 nurses at an academic medical center.
- Principal component analysis (PCA) with varimax rotation was used for scale development.
- Psychometric properties, including reliability and construct validity, were evaluated.
Main Results:
- A six-factor solution with 30 items was identified, explaining 74.3% of the variance.
- The scale demonstrated high internal consistency, with coefficient alpha ranging from .81 to .95.
- Correlations with existing scales supported the construct validity of the new measure.
Conclusions:
- The developed conflict measurement scale shows promising psychometric properties.
- This scale can be a valuable tool for assessing workplace conflict.
- Findings may offer insights into the impact of conflict on patient, staff, and organizational outcomes.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
01:22Self-Report Tests of Personality
1.3K
Self-report inventories are objective personality assessments that use multiple-choice items or numbered scales, typically ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). They are often called Likert scales after Rensis Likert. These inventories are widely used due to their ease of administration and cost-effectiveness. One of the most prominent examples is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), initially developed in the 1940s to assess abnormal personality traits.
1.3K
01:19Impact of Groups on Groups
343
Social psychologists analyze how groups influence one another, shaping social structures and interactions through both cooperation and competition. These dynamics manifest in various ways, ranging from economic partnerships to intergroup conflicts that shape societal structures and perceptions.Cooperation and Competition in Intergroup RelationsIntergroup relationships vary across contexts, sometimes fostering cooperation and mutual benefit while at other times leading to conflict and...
343
04:49Robbers Cave
13.5K
During the 1950s, the landmark Robbers Cave experiment demonstrated that when groups must compete with one another, intergroup conflict, hostility, and even violence may result. At the Oklahoman summer camp, two troops of boys—termed the Rattlers and the Eagles—took part in a week-long tournament. During this time, their negativity culminated in derogatory name-calling, fistfights, and even vandalism and destruction of property. However, this work also revealed that such tension...
13.5K
01:31In- and Out-Groups
28.5K
People all belong to a gender, race, age, and social economic group. These groups provide a powerful source of our identity and self-esteem (Tajfel & Turner, 1979) and serve as our in-groups. An in-group is a group that we identify with or see ourselves as belonging to.
28.5K
01:29Reliability and Validity
12.9K
Reliability and validity are two important considerations that must be made with any type of data collection. Reliability refers to the ability to consistently produce a given result. In the context of psychological research, this would mean that any instruments or tools used to collect data do so in consistent, reproducible ways.
12.9K
02:55Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
77.8K
Humans are very diverse and although we share many similarities, we also have many differences. The social groups we belong to help form our identities (Tajfel, 1974). These differences may be difficult for some people to reconcile, which may lead to prejudice toward people who are different. Prejudice is a negative attitude and feeling toward an individual based solely on one’s membership in a particular social group (Allport, 1954; Brown, 2010). Prejudice is common against people who...
77.8K