Citation

Longo J, Newman D. Issues Ment. Health Nurs. 2014; 35(12): 924-933.

Affiliation

Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University , Boca Raton, Florida , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.3109/01612840.2014.932871

PMID

25426748

Abstract

Inappropriate behaviors of healthcare workers can threaten the delivery of safe, quality care. The purpose of this research was to develop a research instrument specific to the construct of horizontal violence and conduct foundational psychometric testing of the newly developed instrument. The overall findings on the fit indices suggest that this model does adequately measure the underlying construct of horizontal violence. The instrument can be used as a way to determine the existence and extent of horizontal violence in practice settings and used to augment the study of the work environment, particularly in relation to healthy work environments.

Language: en