Factor Analysis of Construct Validity: A Review of Nursing Articles

Mansoureh Zagheri Tafreshi; F Yaghmaie

doi:10.22037/jme.v10i1.704

Journal of Medical Education for Future Demands

Former Title: Journal of Medical Education | The Official Journal of School of Medical Education and Learning Technologies

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Factor Analysis of Construct Validity: A Review of Nursing Articles

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Mansoureh Zagheri Tafreshi^1,*,

F Yaghmaie²

1Nursing student in School of Nursing & Midwifery, Shaheed Beheshti University, of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran

2Associated Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Shaheed Beheshti University, of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran

Journal of Medical Education for Future Demands:Vol. 10, issue 1; e105310

Published online:Sep 01, 2006

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jul 01, 2006

Accepted:Sep 01, 2006

How to Cite:Mansoureh Zagheri TafreshiF YaghmaieFactor Analysis of Construct Validity: A Review of Nursing Articles.J Med Edu.10(1):e105310.https://doi.org/10.22037/jme.v10i1.704.

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Background and Purpose: Use of valid and reliable instruments is the important way for collecting data in quantitative researches. This study was conducted to examine the extent of factor analysis use for specifying construct validity of instruments in quantitative research papers published in an internationally recognized journal.Methods: An internationally recognized journal, Nursing Research, was chosen for the review. All articles published in 2003 in this journal were reviewed. Only quantitative research articles that used instruments in need of construct validity verification were included. Each article was completelyreviewed to identify the methods of instrument validation.Results: Among 55 research articles, 40 (73%) were quantitative. Among these 40 articles, 8 articles (20%) were dealing with developing an instrument and one article was a meta-analysis and these 9 articles were excluded. Of the other 31 articles, only 4 (12.9%) used a method for specifying the construct validity of the instrument in the study, and 2 (6.5%) used factor analysis for establishing construct validity of the instrument.Conclusion: Although factor analysis is a well recognized method in establishing the construct validity but its use is much less than expected.

Keywords

Construct Validity

Factor Analysis

Nursing Researches

Quantitative Research

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