TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Portuguese version of the 12-item violence prevention climate scale: test of psychometric properties
JO  - Journal of nursing measurement
A1  - Pacheco, Emelda
A1  - Bártolo, Ana
A1  - Pereira, Anabela
A1  - Duarte, João Carvalho
A1  - Silva, Carlos F.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A violence prevention climate is critical for nurses' well-being but also for nursing practice and the quality of care. This study examined the reliability and factor validity of the European Portuguese version of the 12-item Violence Prevention Climate Scale (VPCS).     METHODS: Data came from a sample of 120 nurses providing care in Portugal. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the structural theory of the scale.     RESULTS: First and second-order confirmatory factor analysis models showed identical goodness-of-fit suggesting the adequacy of the models to the sample data. Our results also provide evidence of composite reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity.     CONCLUSIONS: Consistent with previous studies, data from this study showed that the Portuguese version of the 12-item VPCS is a reliable and valid scale to evaluate nurses' perceptions of a violence prevention climate.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1061-3749
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/JNM-D-20-00011
ID  - ref1
ER  -