Psychometric performance of an assessment scale for strain in nursing care: The M-NCAS

Table 2 Item-to-subscale correlations for the attitude domain of the M-NCAS (28 items) at baseline

Item		Attention Seeking	Autonomy	Difficulty
Item 2:	Is anxious	0.573	0.073*	0.117
Item 6:	Is calm	0.492	0.194	0.338
Item 11:	Is paranoid	0.569*	-0.059	0.288
Item 13:	Is attention seeking	0.673	-0.203	0.174
Item 14:	Is manipulative	0.588	-0.199	0.343
Item 16:	Is frightened/vulnerable	0.425	0.124	-0.078*
Item 17:	Is lonely	0.568*	0.074	-0.009*
Item 18:	Has to concentrate exclusively on his/her own needs in order to survive	0.546	-0.167	0.256
Item 25:	Needs someone close by/is demanding	0.706	-0.041*	0.129
Item 26:	Has an empty life	0.462	0.305	0.286
Item 1:	Seems to behave in a completely aimless way	0.089*	0.479	0.0750*
Item 4:	Does things for a reason	-0.084	0.615	0.0043
Item 7:	Is apathetic/seems to have limited emotions	0.037	0.514*	0.222
Item 21:	Tries to maintain some independence	0.020*	0.652	0.115*
Item 22:	Knows what he/she wants and stands up for his/herself	-0.141	0.696	-0.013*
Item 23:	Seems to experience the normal range of emotions	-0.044*	0.601	-0.194
Item 30:	Has a meaningful life	0.170	0.397	0.187
Item 3:	Is unpredictable	0.164	0.082*	0.387
Item 8:	Is selfish	0.391*	-0.073	0.523
Item 9:	Is rewarding to work with	0.159	0.241	0.651
Item 10:	Is grateful for what is done for him/her	0.010	0.326*	0.630
Item 15:	Is ungrateful for the care he/she receives	0.279	0.127	0.656
Item 20:	Is deliberately difficult	0.259	-0.071*	0.482
Item 24:	Friendly	0.076*	0.251	0.628
Item 28:	Is stubborn/resistive	0.090*	-0.012*	0.482
Item 29:	Is aggressive/hostile	0.114*	0.023*	0.533
Item 31:	Compliant/voluntarily co-operative	0.172	0.225	0.595
Item 32:	Gives no job satisfaction	0.196	0.066*	0.525

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