Adult Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box: 3030, Irbid, 22110, Jordan.
Adult Health-Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box: 3030, Irbid, 22110, Jordan.
BMC Psychiatry. 2021 Feb 6;21(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03082-9.
Studies in the literature have relied on a single instrument to assess stress levels and sources among nursing students in Jordan and in other Arab countries. Thus, there is a need to develop Arabic versions of psychometrically validated instruments for evaluating a wider range of aspects related to stress and stressors. The Higher Education Stress Inventory (HESI) is an instrument used to assess various aspects of stress and stressors related to higher education in different educational settings and among different student populations. To date, no exploratory or confirmatory factor analyses have been conducted to study the factor structure of the Arabic version of the HESI. Therefore, the current study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the HESI (Arabic-HESI) among nursing students in Jordan.
The structure of the instrument was tested using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and maximum likelihood estimation among a sample of 355 nursing students at five Jordanian universities.
The Arabic-HESI proved to have excellent content validity index (CVI = 0.92). The instrument showed good internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's α = 0.75), as well as for the two emerged factors "challenges" and "dissatisfaction" (Cronbach's α were 0.75, 0.72 respectively). The results support the two-factor model for the Arabic-HESI, as the instrument was found to have robust structure and acceptable goodness-of-fit indices.
The Arabic-HESI is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing stress levels and stressors among nursing students in Jordan. Using the shortened version of the HESI to assess stress among nursing students is recommended. Identifying new features of stress and stressors among nursing students in Jordan will enable universities and nursing faculties to better support their students.
在文献研究中，曾依赖单一工具评估约旦和其他阿拉伯国家护理专业学生的压力水平和压力源。因此，需要开发阿拉伯语版本的心理计量学验证工具，以评估与压力和压力源相关的更广泛的方面。高等教育压力量表（HESI）是一种用于评估不同教育环境和不同学生群体中与高等教育相关的各种压力和压力源的工具。迄今为止，尚未对 HESI 的阿拉伯语版本进行探索性或验证性因子分析，以研究其因子结构。因此，本研究旨在评估 HESI 阿拉伯语版（阿拉伯语-HESI）在约旦护理专业学生中的心理测量学特性。
在五个约旦大学的 355 名护理专业学生样本中，使用探索性因子分析（EFA）、验证性因子分析（CFA）和最大似然估计对该工具的结构进行了测试。
阿拉伯语-HESI 具有出色的内容效度指数（CVI=0.92）。该工具显示出良好的内部一致性信度（Cronbach's α=0.75），以及两个新出现的因子“挑战”和“不满”（Cronbach's α分别为 0.75、0.72）。结果支持阿拉伯语-HESI 的两因素模型，因为该工具具有稳健的结构和可接受的拟合优度指标。
阿拉伯语-HESI 是一种可靠且有效的工具，可用于评估约旦护理专业学生的压力水平和压力源。建议使用 HESI 的缩短版本来评估护理专业学生的压力。识别约旦护理专业学生的新压力源和压力源特征将使大学和护理学院能够更好地支持他们的学生。
