论文信息 - Development of a Multicultural Sensitivity Scale.

Development of a Multicultural Sensitivity Scale.

Abstract The purpose of this investigation was to develop a scale that would provide a valid and reliable measure of multicultural sensitivity of teachers toward their students. A 52-item survey developed by Ford (1979) to assess multicultural sensitivity in public school teachers was tested by administering the instrument to 150 nurses. The measure was determined to be unidimensional using factor analysis. Items with factor loadings on that single factor greater than .44 were retained for a shortened instrument (21 items). The shortened instrument, entitled the Multicultural Sensitivity Scale (MSS), was administered to 31 secondary school health educators attending a summer institute in a major medical center. The internal consistency of the shortened form was .89 in the sample of nurses and .90 in the sample of school health educators (Chronbach's alpha). The test-retest reliability of the shortened instrument was .92 in the sample of school health educators over a two week period. The MSS was shown to ...

P. Kingery | B. Pruitt | J. Holcomb | M. Jibaja-Rusth | W. P. Buckner

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