Validity and reliability of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale-Japanese version.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study assessed the validity and reliability of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale-Japanese Version.

Methods

The original Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale was translated into Japanese, and Japanese items were back-translated to English to confirm the accuracy of the translation. A total of 870 public health nurses from the Tohoku region in Japan completed the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale-Japanese Version. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to identify the number of components. Moreover, 351 public health nurses from the Saitama prefecture in Japan also completed the scale. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed with the factor structure identified in the exploratory factor analysis.

Results

The exploratory factor analysis identified two c

SUBMITTER: Kitano M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8698670 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature