Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Toxic Masculinity Scale Among Indonesian Nursing Students: A Psychometric Testing

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Masculinity; Student; Nursing; Scale Reliability Validity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07192406

25.7.24

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to adapt and validate the Toxic Masculinity Scale (TMS) for use among nursing students in Indonesia, ensuring its cultural relevance and psychometric soundness. The process involved cross-cultural adaptation through translation, expert review, and pilot testing, followed by psychometric evaluation using a sample of Indonesian nursing students.

Full description

This study aimed to adapt and validate the Toxic Masculinity Scale (TMS) for use among nursing students in Indonesia, ensuring its cultural relevance and psychometric soundness. The process involved cross-cultural adaptation through translation, expert review, and pilot testing, followed by psychometric evaluation using a sample of Indonesian nursing students.

Key steps included: Translation and back-translation of the original scale, Content validation by experts in gender studies and nursing education, Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (EFA & CFA) to test construct validity and Reliability testing using Cronbach's alpha for internal consistency

Enrollment: 672 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• nursing student
• more than 17 years
• fluent in the Indonesian language

Exclusion criteria

• catastropic condition
• gap year during study