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John Olav Bjørnestad

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Construction and testing of the Moral Development Scale for Professionals (MDSP)

2010

Moral development among students is central for nursing education, because nursing is informed by moral ends, and it is essential that professional nurses have a well developed ability for moral behaviour, ethical reasoning and decision making. The aim of this study was to construct a new instrument for measuring moral development according to Kohlberg's theory of moral development among students and professionals, and initially test it for reliability and validity among students in professional education. Thirty-two items following the conventional and postconventional stages in the theory were developed. Different actions for reducing the items were implemented. The final version of the i…

AdultMaleAdolescentPsychometricsApplied psychologyNursing Methodology ResearchEducationYoung AdultLawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral developmentCronbach's alphaSurveys and QuestionnairesEthics NursingHumansNurse educationGeneral NursingProfessional developmentReproducibility of ResultsConstruct validityMoral DevelopmentNursing Education ResearchNursing TheoryMoral developmentNursing theoryScale (social sciences)FemaleStudents NursingPsychologySocial psychologyNurse Education Today
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Construct validity of the Moral Development Scale for Professionals (MDSP)

2011

Olle Söderhamn1,2, John Olav Bjørnestad1, Anne Skisland1, Christina Cliffordson21Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, Grimstad and Kristiansand, Norway; 2Department of Nursing, Health and Culture, University West, Trollhättan, SwedenAbstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the Moral Development Scale for Professionals (MDSP) using structural equation modeling. The instrument is a 12-item self-report instrument, developed in the Scandinavian cultural context and based on Kohlberg’s theory. A hypothesized simplex structure model underlying the MDSP was tested through structural equation modeling. …

VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Medical/dental ethics behavioural sciences history: 805Computer scienceJournal of Multidisciplinary HealthcareConstruct validityGeneral MedicineData sciencestructural equation modelingStructural equation modelinghumanitiesDevelopmental psychologyMDSPMoral developmentLawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral developmentScale (social sciences)simplex structure modelStructured modelConstruct (philosophy)scale testingKohlbergGeneral NursingOriginal ResearchJournal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
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Forandring av selvoppfatning blant studenter i løpet av en bachelorutdanning i sykepleie

2010

Selvoppfatning er av betydning for faglig framgang og kreativitet. Hensikten med denne studien var å beskrive forandring av selvoppfatning hos en gruppe sykepleierstudenter i løpet av sin treårige bachelorutdanning. En studiegruppe med 127 sykepleierstudenter ved en norsk høgskole besvarte et spørreskjema i første og siste studieår. Skalaer for måling av generell selvoppfatning og regelbevissthet samt spørsmål om bakgrunnsvariabler inngikk i spørreskjemaet. Resultatene viste at selvoppfatningen økte signifikant i løpet av utdanningen i den totale studiegr…

lcsh:RT1-120bachelorutdanning; helsefag; regelbevissthet; selvoppfatninglcsh:NursinghelsefagregelbevissthetselvoppfatningbachelorutdanningNordisk Tidsskrift for Helseforskning
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Quality culture at Nordic universities

2022

This study aimed to investigate common features and ways of understanding quality culture (QC) within higher education institutions (HEIs) in Nordic countries. While the concept of QC is commonly accepted and often used, its meaning is not always clear. This paper focuses on how Nordic universities frame QC in their internal documentation. The Nordic context was chosen due to the close cooperation on quality issues that characterise HEIs within the Nordic region. The discussion section of this paper outlines QC in relation to quality assurance (QA) among HEIs within the European and Nordic regions. Sixteen universities participated in the study by sharing documents describing their QCs. The…

higher education institutionsNordic regionOther Social Sciences not elsewhere specifiedPedagogyPedagogikquality assuranceVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Pedagogiske fag: 280quality cultureÖvrig annan samhällsvetenskapEducation
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