Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of Staff Attitude to Coercion Scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to provide the Turkish version of the Staff Attitude to Coercion Scale (SACS) and to determine its psychometric properties.

Methods

This is a descriptive and correlation design. The sample of this study consisted of 100 psychiatric staff members. The validity and reliability of the scale were assessed through translation procedures, content validity analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Reliability was further evaluated using Cronbach's alpha and item-total score correlations.

Results

The content validity index was found to be 0.93. The scale has a three-factor structure and the Cronbach's alpha values of the subscales are 0.70 for offence, 0.87 for safety and 0.74 for treatment, respectively. The Cronbach alpha reliabi

SUBMITTER: Polat S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11439288 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature