Development of the Proactive Behavior Scale for Mid-Career Nurses: a reliability and validity study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the Proactive Behavior Scale for Mid-Career Nurses, which was designed to measure the proactive behavior of nurses who have worked outside their current employment hospital (mid-career nurses) and who are in the process of organizational socialization.

Methods

A mail survey was administered to 875 mid-career nurses using a draft version of the Proactive Behavior Scale. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the data, and a Proactive Behavior Scale for Mid-Career Nurses was developed (Survey 1). Additionally, a mail survey was administered to 706 mid-career nurses to examine the reliability and validity of the scale (Survey 2).

Results

From the exploratory factor analysis results, three fact

SUBMITTER: Koyama S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11782940 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature