TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Reliability and validity of the Korean 12-item Perception of Aggression scale
JO  - Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
A1  - Nam, Sujin
A1  - Hong, Soyun
A1  - Kim, Heejung
A1  - Wong, Janet Yuen Ha
A1  - Fong, Daniel Yee Tak
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1351-0126
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12759
ID  - ref1
ER  -