EXPLORING THE FACTORIAL COMPOSITION OF THE TRANSCULTURAL SELF-EFFICACY TOOL

The factorial composition of the transcultural self-efficacy tool (TSE T) was explored using data from 1,260 culturally diverse undergraduate nursing students. The TSET was an 83-item questionnaire designed to m easure and evaluate students' confidence for performing general transc ultural nursing skills among diverse client populations. A principal c omponent analysis, with the varimax rotation, yielded nine factors: re cognition, kinship and social factors, professional nursing care, cult ural background and identity, lifecycle transitional phenomena. awaren ess of cultural gap, communication, self-awareness and appreciation. T he results indicate that the TSET assesses the multidimensional nature of transcultural self-efficacy and taps the three dimensions of learn ing: cognitive, practical and affective. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd . All rights reserved.