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Development and validation of the Nursing Students' Growth Mindset Scale (NSGMS)
Meijuan Cao1,2, Zheyi Ling1, Chunqi Xie2
1School of Medicine and Nursing, Huzhou University, Huzhou, China.
Frontiers in Medicine
|November 21, 2025
Summary
Researchers developed and validated a new scale to measure growth mindset in nursing students. This tool is reliable and valid, aiding in assessing students' potential for learning and development.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Psychometrics
- Educational Psychology
Background:
- Growth mindset is crucial for nursing student development.
- Limited tools exist to measure growth mindset in nursing students.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a measurement tool for assessing nursing students' growth mindset.
Main Methods:
- A cross-sectional methodological study involving 271 nursing students.
- Content validity was assessed using Delphi method and pilot testing.
- Construct validity was examined through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses.
Main Results:
- The final scale consists of 21 items across 4 factors, explaining 67.01% of the variance.
- Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed good model fit indices (e.g., CFI=0.97, RMSEA=0.05).
- The scale demonstrated high reliability (Cronbach's alpha=0.88) and test-retest stability (ICC=0.90).
Conclusions:
- The developed scale is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring nursing students' growth mindset.
- This tool can inform educational strategies to foster growth mindsets in nursing programs.
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