Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Mentors’ Cultural Competence Instrument
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Nursing students often face cultural barriers in clinical learning environments. In this respect, it is challenging to mentor culturally different nursing students in the education process. Those who mentor nursing students should be educationally prepared to provide culturally appropriate mentoring in clinical learning environments. In this study, it was aimed to adapt the Mentors’ Cultural Competence Instrument into Turkish and to test its validity and reliability in a study group. Academicians working at the nursing faculty of a university in eastern Turkey and nurses working at the hospital of the same university. A total of 210 people, 184 of whom were nurses and 26 of whom were academicians, participated in the study. Translation/back-translation method was used to assess language validity and reliability. For content validity, Content Validity Index was used at item and scale level. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to find and evaluate the model of the scale. For reliability, Cronbach’s α values, test-retest reliability, intraclass correlation coefficients and paired sample t-tests were used. Content validity indices were found to vary between 0.81 and 1. Factor analysis confirmed the three-dimensional structure of the scale. The fit indices of 21 items and three factors of the scale were significant. RMSEA = 0.07, CFI = 0.91 and GFI = 0.86 are the fit index values. The total Cronbach’s alpha value of the scale is 0.93, and the Cronbach’s alpha values for the three factors are 0.88, 0.83 and 0.92, respectively. Test-retest reliability was measured and the stability of the scale was determined as 0.78. It was proved that the Mentors’ Cultural Competence Instrument showed content validity and was appropriate for the Turkish cultural context. Clinical trial number is not applicable.
Source: BMC Nursing
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,090
OpenAlex ID: W7225643903
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