@article{ref1,
title="Reliability and validity of the Korean 12-item Perception of Aggression scale",
journal="Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing",
year="2021",
author="Nam, Sujin and Hong, Soyun and Kim, Heejung and Wong, Janet Yuen Ha and Fong, Daniel Yee Tak",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Despite the high prevalence of patient-perpetrated violence against Korean nurses globally, reliable and valid measures of patient aggression are lacking in Korean. <br><br>AIM: We translated the 12-item Perception of Aggression Scale (POAS) into Korean and psychometrically assessed its utility in measuring nurses' attitudes towards aggression. <br><br>METHODS: The 12-item Korean POAS was obtained through forward-backward translation and cognitive debriefing. It was administered online to 319 nurses (mean age = 32.64 years; females = 96.2%), of which 206 completed it again after two weeks. Confirmatory factor analysis validated the 3-factor structure as hypothesized in the original version. The intra-class correlation coefficient was used to assess the test-retest reliability. <br><br>RESULTS: The originally hypothesized 3-factor structure showed a good fit. The 3 dimensions: aggression as a dysfunctional or undesirable phenomenon, aggression as a functional or comprehensible phenomenon, and aggression as a protective measure had internal consistencies of.74,.86 and.90 and corresponding ICCs of.70,.86 and.90, respectively. <br><br>DISCUSSION: The 12-item Korean POAS is a valid and reliable scale that might aid investigating nurses' attitudes towards patient aggression. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: The 12-item Korean POAS can help Korean nurses adopt protective behaviours and develop interventions to cope with aggression.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1351-0126",
doi="10.1111/jpm.12759",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12759"
}