College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0901, USA.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2010 Aug 10;74(6):107. doi: 10.5688/aj7406107.
To adapt and evaluate an instrument that measures perceived psychological contract violations in pharmacy students by schools and colleges of pharmacy.
A psychological contract violations measure was developed from existing literature and the 1997 ACPE Guidelines and pilot-tested with second-year pharmacy students at 2 schools of pharmacy. A revised measure then was administered to second-year pharmacy students at 6 schools of pharmacy. Using a 5-point Likert-type scale, participants were asked to indicate the level of obligations they received compared to what was promised by the school of pharmacy.
Exploratory factor analysis on the psychological contract violations measure was conducted using principal components analysis resulting in 7 factors, which led to a revised measure with 26 items. Using a sample of 339 students, the proposed 7-factor measurement model was tested using confirmatory factor analysis. In general, the results supported the hypothesized model. The final 23-item scale demonstrated both reliability and validity. Some students perceived certain aspects of the psychological contract that exists with their school of pharmacy were being violated.
The psychological contract violations measure may serve as a valuable tool in helping to identify areas where their students believe that schools/colleges of pharmacy have not fulfilled promised obligations.
改编并评估一种衡量药学院校学生感知到的心理契约违背的工具。
从现有文献和 1997 年 ACPE 指南中开发出心理契约违背测量工具，并在两所药学院的二年级药学学生中进行试点测试。然后，将修订后的测量工具应用于六所药学院的二年级药学学生。参与者被要求使用 5 点李克特量表，表明他们收到的义务与药学院承诺的义务相比的水平。
使用主成分分析对心理契约违背测量工具进行探索性因素分析，结果得出 7 个因素，这导致了一个包含 26 个项目的修订测量工具。使用 339 名学生的样本，使用验证性因子分析测试了拟议的 7 因素测量模型。总的来说，结果支持了假设模型。最终的 23 项量表显示出可靠性和有效性。一些学生认为与他们的药学院校存在的心理契约的某些方面被违反了。
心理契约违背测量工具可以作为一种有价值的工具，帮助确定学生认为学校/药学院没有履行承诺义务的领域。
