Construction and validation of an instrument for the assessment of stress among nursing students

摘要: Stress is increasingly evident among nursing students. This article reports a quantitative methodological development research that aimed to construct and validate an instrument assess the stress factors The construction of followed Pasquali's model theoretical framework Lazarus Folkman. was composed 30 items grouped into six domains: Performance practical activities; Professional communication; Time management; Environment; education; Theoretical activities. factor analysis confirmed conceptual acceptable adjusted. internal consistency domains estimated by Cronbach's alpha ranged from 0.71 0.87. Four cutoff points have been established for each domain. can be used evaluate intensity most frequent these