Psychometric Evaluation of the Arabic Belongingness Scale–Clinical Placement Experience among Nursing Students in Jordan

The data were collected from 404 nursing students who had experience in clinical practice during their undergraduate clinical training. The Belongingness Scale–Clinical Placement Experience (BES-CPE), originally developed by Levett-Jones et al., (2009) and translated to Arabic was used in the data collection. The BES-CPE consists of 34 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1=Never true to 5=Always true) reflecting the respondent’s feelings and experiences during clinical placements.
The study aims to: (1) assess the content validity of the translated Arabic BES-CPE scale via expert review; (2) examine its construct validity; and (3) assess reliability (internal consistency) of the total scale and subscales. The study also describes the students’ belongingness scores and tests for differences by gender and by academic level (2nd, 3rd, 4th year).