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A scale for measuring graduate nursing students' academic resilience: a development and psychometric testing study
Yang Shen1, Hanbo Feng1, Xiaohan Li2
1School of Nursing, China Medical University, 77 Puhe Road, Shenbei New District, Shenyang, China.
BMC Nursing
|July 2, 2025
Summary
This study developed and validated the Academic Resilience Scale for Graduate Nursing Students (ARSGNS). The ARSGNS is a reliable tool for assessing academic resilience in graduate nursing students.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Psychometrics
- Student Resilience
Background:
- Academic resilience is crucial for graduate nursing students' success.
- Existing measures may not accurately capture this population's resilience.
- A specific scale is needed to assess graduate nursing students' academic resilience.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a scale measuring academic resilience in graduate nursing students.
- To evaluate the psychometric properties of this newly developed scale.
Main Methods:
- Scale development involved concept analysis and qualitative research.
- Item pool generation followed by rigorous psychometric evaluation.
- Data collected from 547 graduate nursing students using established statistical analyses.
Main Results:
- The final Academic Resilience Scale for Graduate Nursing Students (ARSGNS) has 22 items across 3 dimensions: cognitive re-framing, emotional adjustment, and behavioral strategies.
- The scale demonstrated excellent content validity (S-CVI = 0.994).
- High reliability was confirmed with Cronbach's α = 0.933 and test-retest reliability = 0.910.
Conclusions:
- The ARSGNS is a psychometrically sound instrument for evaluating graduate nursing students' academic resilience.
- This scale can aid educators in designing targeted academic resilience interventions.
- The ARSGNS provides a reliable measure for assessing and supporting student success in nursing programs.
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