Revision of Chinese version of the Psychological Empowerment Scale

Abstract

Objective To adapt the Chinese version of Psychological Empowerment Scale （ PES ） among staff nurses and to evaluate the psychometric properties .Methods Based on the translation of PES , the evaluation of experts and investigation of 750 staff nurses was accomplished among 6 hospitals , aiming to finishing the linguistic adaptation , analysis of the validity and reliability .Statistical analysis included exploratory factor analysis, content validity, Cronbach ’ s αand item-to-total correlation.Results A total of 750 questionnaires, 710 questionnaires were effective , the effective recovery rate was 94.7%.In the factor analysis of PES, 4 factors were found to be reasonable , which were psychological empowerment-related meaning problems （3 items）, competence problems （3 items）, self-determination （3 items） and impact problems （3 items）, respectively.The Cronbach’sαcoefficient for the total score was 0.85 and varied between 0.82-0.89 for the 4 factors.The item-to-total correlation coefficients were higher than 0.40, the difference was statistically significant （P＆lt;0.01）.Conclusions The Chinese version of the Psychological Empowerment Scale seems to be reliable and valid .Although the cultural differences exist , PES still can be used to evaluate staff nurses ’ empowerment related psychological response in clinical situations . Key words: Psychology; Nurse; Nursing; Psychological Empowerment Scale; Psychological response