development and psychometric evaluation of the gender attitudes of nursing students towards the nursing profession scale

Background & aim: the fact that the nursing profession is seen as a female profession deepens gender discrimination in the nursing profession. this research aimed to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool to determine the gender attitudes of nursing students towards the nursing profession and study the psychometric properties thereof.methods & materials: the study is methodological research. the research was conducted with 238 nursing students at a public university in türkiye.results: exploratory factor analysis reduced the total number of items from 41 to 10. 10 items categorized under three factors were determined to explain 57.11% of the total variance. the total cronbach alpha value of the scale is .62. the scale consists of 3 factors entitled “male gender role”, “professional stereotypes,” and “gender discrimination”, which further include a total of 10 items. conclusion: the scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be used to determine the gender attitudes of nursing students toward the nursing profession.