Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Türkiye Klinikleri Hemşirelik Bilimleri Dergisi, cilt.16, sa.2, ss.413-420, 2024 (Hakemli Dergi)
Objective: The study was planned to perform the Va- lidity and Reliability of the “Sense of Belonging in Nursing School (SBNS) Scale” in Turkish. There is a need for a tool to measure nurs- ing students’ sense of belonging toward the nursing school. The “SBNS Scale” was created for this purpose, but a Turkish validity and reliabil- ity study is lacking. Material and Methods: Study in methodological design. It was carried out in the nursing department of a university in Türkiye. Participants, 210 nursing students continuing their education were selected using the stratified random sampling method. “Content Validity Index” was used for content validity of the scale, “Confirma- tory Factor Analysis” for construct validity, and “Cronbach Alpha Re- liability Coefficient” and “Test-Retest” methods for reliability.Results: The Content Validity Index score of the scale was found to be 0.985 (excellent). According to confirmatory factor analysis, index values showed a good model fit for construct validity. For reliability, Cron- bach’s alpha coefficient was found to be 0.920 (high), while test-retest measurements did not show any variation (p>0.05). Conclusion: The study demonstrated that the “SBNS Scale” adapted from English to Turkish is a valid and reliable instrument. Thanks to this scale, the be- longing of nursing students can be evaluated, and studies to strengthen the belonging of the students can be planned according to the results.