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Translation and application of G-MHLC-C scales in academic and non-academic nursing staff

Sandra van Eckert, Uta Gaidys, Colin Martin

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To date, studies on the health locus of control have focused on chronically ill and pregnant patients and have not included staff working in health services. Following the translation of the MHLC-C into German and its pre-testing by Wallston et al. [1], the G-MHLC-C was completed by 212 academic and non-academic nurses and the results of the respective groups were compared. With a Cronbachs of α=0.70, the internal consistency of the G-MHLC-C was within acceptable limits. Two of the sub-scales showed poor consistency. When comparing the scores of both groups, only the G-MHLC-C ‘chance’ subscale showed a significant difference (p=0.01). Before recommending the general use of G-MHLC-C, further studies on the translation and validation should be conducted. In addition, it should be explored to what extent the G-MHLC-C for nursing staff represents a suitable tool despite their professional experiences and nursing education.

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Academic nurses, burnout, health locus of control, MHLC-C, MHLC-C German, nurses, patient-centered care, person-centered medicine, stress

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v1i2.671

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