Barzegari Saeed, Younesi Elyas Hosseinzadeh, Jodaki Kurosh, Arpaci Ibrahim, Esmaeelzadeh Negar, Hasani Seyed Alireza
Department of Paramedicine, Amol School of Paramedical Sciences, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Nursing Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
BMC Nurs. 2025 Jul 15;24(1):923. doi: 10.1186/s12912-025-03587-8.
Emotional labour plays a critical role in nurses' daily responsibilities and is deeply embedded in the fabric of professional nursing care. This study aims to assess the reliability and validity of the Persian version of the Emotional Labour Scale (ELS) for nurses.
The study population consisted of nurses working in hospitals in Amol, Iran, and a methodological cross-sectional approach was applied using a convenience sampling method. To assess the ELS, a back-and-forth procedure was utilized to translate it into Persian. Content and face validity were assessed, and exploratory factor analyses (EFA) and confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) were conducted. Reliability was evaluated using McDonald's omega and Cronbach's alpha coefficient.
As a result of the EFA, four items were removed, leaving a final selection of 14 items. The items were categorized under three factors: "Emotional Control Effort in the Profession," "Patient-Focused Emotional Suppression," and "Emotional Display According to Norms," which explained 61.70% of the total variance. CFA results revealed that the model provided a good fit for the study data (χ² = 131.788, df = 67, χ²/df = 1.967, CFI = 0.94, IFI = 0.95, TLI = 0.93, GFI = 0.92, PCFI = 0.69, PNFI = 0.66, and RMSEA = 0.067), and the subscales showed high internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha coefficients ranging from 0.643 to 0.865.
The Persian version of the ELS with 14 items and a three-factor structure showed satisfactory validity and reliability among Iranian nurses. Its strong psychometric properties support its use for assessing emotional labour and informing interventions to promote nurses' emotional well-being.
情绪劳动在护士的日常职责中起着关键作用，并深深融入专业护理的结构之中。本研究旨在评估护士用波斯语版情绪劳动量表（ELS）的信效度。
研究对象为伊朗阿莫勒市医院的护士，采用便利抽样法进行方法学横断面研究。为评估ELS，采用反复翻译程序将其翻译成波斯语。评估了内容效度和表面效度，并进行了探索性因素分析（EFA）和验证性因素分析（CFA）。使用麦克唐纳ω系数和克朗巴赫α系数评估信度。
经过EFA，删除了4个项目，最终选定14个项目。这些项目分为三个因素：“职业中的情绪控制努力”、“以患者为中心的情绪抑制”和“按规范进行情绪表达”，这三个因素解释了总方差的61.70%。CFA结果显示，该模型与研究数据拟合良好（χ² = 131.788，df = 67，χ²/df = 1.967，CFI = 0.94，IFI = 0.95，TLI = 0.93，GFI = 0.92，PCFI = 0.69，PNFI = 0.66，RMSEA = 0.067），各子量表显示出较高的内部一致性，克朗巴赫α系数在0.643至0.865之间。
具有14个项目和三因素结构的波斯语版ELS在伊朗护士中显示出令人满意的效度和信度。其强大的心理测量特性支持其用于评估情绪劳动，并为促进护士情绪健康的干预措施提供依据。
