Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Work-Family-School Role Conflicts Scale among nurses

Rhayun Song; Caifu Li; Lei Wang; Xianwen Li; Zanhua Zhou; Lijuan Xu

doi:10.1016/j.ijnss.2021.02.001

Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Work-Family-School Role Conflicts Scale among nurses

Int J Nurs Sci. 2021 Mar 1;8(2):221-226. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2021.02.001. eCollection 2021 Apr 10.

Authors

Rhayun Song¹, Caifu Li², Lei Wang³, Xianwen Li⁴, Zanhua Zhou², Lijuan Xu²

Affiliations

¹ Nursing College of Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea.
² Medicine and Health College of Lishui University, Lishui, China.
³ Vascular Surgery Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China.
⁴ Nursing College of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.

Abstract

Objective: To translate and validate the Chinese version of the Work-Family-School Role Conflicts Scale (WFSRCs-S) among nurses with multiple roles.

Methods: A sample of 233 registered nurses pursuing an advanced degree was recruited from 8 university hospitals in 5 cities in China from March to July 2016. The original scale of WFSRCs-S was translated into Chinese and revised to reflect cultural meaning, using standard translation methodology, and its reliability and validity were assessed.

Results: The content validity index of the 12-item WFSRCs-S-Chinese was 0.83, and the item level of content validity index ranged from 0.79 to 1.00. The exploratory factor analysis yielded a three-factor solution (work-school-to-family role conflict, family-school-to-work role conflict, and work-family-to-school role conflict) and explained 71.9% of the total variance for WFSRCs-S-Chinese. The Cronbach's α coefficients for the total scale and the three sub-scales were 0.87, 0.79, 0.78, and 0.87. The confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the measurement model was satisfied, and the test-retest reliability of WFSRCs-S-Chinese was 0.85. The WFSRCs-S-Chinese score was positively associated with burnout (r = 0.36, P < 0.001) and negatively related to role-related social support (r = -0.18, P = 0.046), thereby establishing concurrent validity.

Conclusion: The reliability and construct validity of the WFSRCs-S-Chinese suggest that this scale could be useful to assess inter-role conflicts among nurses with multiple roles in China.

Keywords: Continuing education of nursing career; Nurses; Reliability; Role conflicts; Social support; Validity.