Psychometric Evaluation of the Turkish Form of the Spiritual Care Competence Scale

DAĞHAN Ş., Kalkim A., SAĞKAL MİDİLLİ T.

Journal of Religion and Health, vol.58, no.1, pp.14-27, 2019 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 58 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s10943-018-0594-2
  • Journal Name: Journal of Religion and Health
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.14-27
  • Keywords: Competence, Nursing, Reliability, Spiritual care, Validity
  • Manisa Celal Bayar University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The methodological study was aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Spiritual Care Competence Scale (SCCS-T). The research was conducted on final-year Turkish nursing students (n = 297) in the faculties of nursing and health science in two cities in the western part of Turkey. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that three factors accounted for 75.18% of the explained variance. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the SCCS-T was.97. The three-factor model of the SCCS-T was found to be a reliable and valid scale for evaluating spiritual care competencies of Turkish nursing students and nurses.