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. 2025 May 14;24(1):533.
doi: 10.1186/s12912-025-03161-2.

Translation and psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the Nurses' Work Value Scale: a cross-sectional study

Yuecong Wang  1 , Xin Wang  2 , Yaling Ji  3 , Tianxiang Jiang  4   5 , Meigui Bao  5
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Translation and psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the Nurses' Work Value Scale: a cross-sectional study

Yuecong Wang et al. BMC Nurs. .

Abstract

Background: Nurses' work values constitute the core driving force of their professional careers. These values deeply reflect an individual's comprehensive understanding of the nursing profession, positive attitudes toward it, and aspirations for its goals. However, there is currently no specific scale available in China for assessing nurses' work values.

Objective: To translate the Nurses' Work Values Scale (NWVS) and validate its reliability and validity among clinical nurses, providing a reliable tool for assessing nurses' work values in China.

Design: A quantitative and cross-sectional design.

Methods: On the basis of Brislin's translation model, the NWVS was translated, back-translated, synthesized, culturally adapted, and pilot tested to develop a Chinese version of the NWVS. Convenience sampling was used to select clinical nurses from three tertiary-level A hospitals in Jiangsu and Zhejiang from January to April 2024 to assess the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the NWVS.

Results: The Chinese version of the NWVS includes four factors with 30 items. The exploratory factor analysis extracted four common factors with eigenvalues > 1, and the cumulative variance contribution rate was 68.762%. Validated factor analysis revealed good model fit, with χ2/df = 2.027, RMSEA = 0.060, SRMR = 0.067, CFI = 0.911, TLI = 0.901, and IFI = 0.912; the item-level content validity index ranged from 0.875 to 1.000, and the scale-level content validity index/average was 0.933; the Cronbach's α coefficient for the scale was 0.921; the test-retest reliability was 0.942; and the split-half reliability was 0.653.

Conclusion: The Chinese version of the Nurses' Work Values Scale has good reliability and validity in assessing the work values of Chinese nurses, making it a reliable tool.

Clinical trial number: Not applicable.

Keywords: Nurses; Psychometry; Reliability; Validity; Work values.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the ethics committee of Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province (approval number: KL20231006), and all procedures were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All the participants provided informed consent. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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Translation and psychometric flow chart of the C- NWVS
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First-order four-factor model of the C- NWVS (n = 284). Note: F1: Intrinsic work value; F2: External work value; F3: Social work value; F4: Prestige work value
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