Abstract:
Cheating behavior is spreading among nursing students worldwide, necessitating the development of a validated questionnaire evaluating the reasons for such behavior. Nursing students (N = 482) from 2 universities in Saudi Arabia participated in this observational study. A survey containing items on socio-demographics and the 33-item Reasons for Cheating Scale (RCS) was completed by the respondents. The RCS had a 1-factor structure; the model fit indices were similar between the 1-, 2-, and 3-factor models, but the inter-factor correlations were too high for the 2- and 3-factor models. The measures of the quality of the factor score estimates were as follows: factor determinacy index, 0.987; expected a posteriori marginal reliability, 0.974; sensitivity ratio, 6.178; and expected percentage of true differences, 97.3%. The measures of the closeness to unidimensionality for the overall RCS were as follows: unidimensional congruence, 0.957; explained common variance, 0.875; and mean item residual absolute loading, 0.223. The intraclass correlation coefficient and McDonald\'s omega were 0.96 (CI: 0.93-0.98) and 0.962 (95% CI: 0.958-0.967), respectively. The severity score, infit, and outfit ranged from -0.847 to -2.015, 0.813 to 1.742, and 0.837 to 1.661, respectively. For all RCS items, the thresholds ranked τi1 < τi2 < τi3 < τi4 and showed invariance between the sexes. The RCS showed robust psychometric validity for both classical and item response theory parameters. It also had excellent test-retest reliability, internal consistency, item discrimination, factorial validity, measurement invariance, and ordered threshold level for the responses. Therefore, the RCS is a valid and reliable tool for assessing cheating behavior among nursing students.
摘要:
欺骗行为正在全球护理专业学生中蔓延,需要开发经过验证的问卷,以评估此类行为的原因。来自沙特阿拉伯2所大学的护理学生(N=482)参加了这项观察性研究。受访者完成了一项包含社会人口统计学项目和33项作弊原因量表(RCS)的调查。RCS具有1因素结构;模型拟合指数在1-,2-,和三因素模型,但对于2因子和3因子模型,因素间相关性过高。因子得分估计质量的衡量标准如下:因子确定性指数,0.987;预期后验边际可靠性,0.974;灵敏度比,6.178;以及预期的真实差异百分比,97.3%。总体RCS与单维的紧密度度量如下:单维一致性,0.957;解释共同方差,0.875;和平均项目剩余绝对载荷,0.223.组内相关系数和麦当劳的欧米茄分别为0.96(CI:0.93-0.98)和0.962(95%CI:0.958-0.967),分别。严重性评分,init,和装备的范围分别为-0.847至-2.015、0.813至1.742和0.837至1.661。对于所有RCS项目,阈值排序为τi1<τi2<τi3<τi4,并显示出两性之间的不变性。RCS对经典和项目反应理论参数均显示出强大的心理有效性。它还具有出色的重测可靠性,内部一致性,项目歧视,阶乘有效性,测量不变性,以及响应的有序阈值水平。因此,RCS是评估护生作弊行为的有效和可靠的工具。