Validity and reliability of a korean version of nursing student perceptions of dishonesty scale

Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Korean version of Nursing Student Perceptions of Dishonesty Scale (NSPDS). Methods: The English NSPDS was translated into Korean after going through a translation and reverse translation process. Data for this study were collected from 433 student nurses from 8 universities in Korea, who had clinical practice experience. The final data were evaluated using SPSS 20.0 and AMOS 22.0 for exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability was tested using Cronbach's α and test-retest reliability. Results: The exploratory factor analysis showed that 15 items were deleted and 9 subscales were changed into 8 subscales, and the initial 67 items were reduced to 52 items. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with 8 subscales and 52 items. The standardized regression coefficients of all the items were statistically significant and between.66 and.93. Convergent validity confirmed that the critical ratio was greater than.85, and the average variance extracted was greater than.53. The criterion-related validity confirmed a negative correlation between student nurses' ethical value and the Korean version of NSPDS. Reliability was confirmed with a Cronbach's α of.80∼.95. The test-retest confirmed that the correlation coefficient showed significant positive correlations between.68 and.76 in the subscales. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that the Korean version of NSPDS is an appropriate and reliable tool for identifying dishonesty perceptions among Korean student nurses.