Attitudes toward teen mothers among nursing students and psychometric evaluation of Positivity Toward Teen Mothers scale

To prepare future nurses who can deliver high quality nursing care to teen mothers, a better understanding of the nursing students' perception of teen mothers is needed. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 228 nursing students to evaluate the psychometric properties of the P...

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Published in:Nurse education today 2013-09, Vol.33 (9), p.986-991
Main Authors: Kim, Son Chae, Burke, Leanne, Sloan, Chris, Barnett, Shannon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
California
Cross-Sectional Studies
Discriminant analysis
Empathy
Factor Analysis
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mothers
Nursing
Nursing care
Nursing education
Nursing Students
Perceptions
Positive Attitudes
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in Adolescence
Psychometrics
Psychometrics - methods
Quantitative psychology
Regression Analysis
Stigma
Student attitudes
Students, Nursing - psychology
Teen mothers
Teenage parents
Young Adult
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Summary:To prepare future nurses who can deliver high quality nursing care to teen mothers, a better understanding of the nursing students' perception of teen mothers is needed. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 228 nursing students to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Positivity Toward Teen Mothers (PTTM) scale, to explore nursing students' general empathy and attitudes toward teen mothers, and to investigate the predictors of nursing students' attitudes toward teen mothers. Principal component factor analysis with varimax rotation resulted in a 19-item PTTM-Revised scale with Non-judgmental and Supportive subscales. Cronbach's alphas for the subscales were 0.84 and 0.69, respectively, and 0.87 for the total scale. Simultaneous multiple regression models showed that general empathy and having a teen mother in the family or as an acquaintance were significant predictors of positive attitudes toward teen mothers, whereas age was a significant negative predictor. The PTTM-Revised scale is a promising instrument for assessing attitudes toward teen mothers.
ISSN:0260-6917
1532-2793
DOI:10.1016/j.nedt.2012.10.014