Table 3.

Descriptive characteristic of Adapted Nursing Stress Scale and Cronbach’s α for observed factors.

Factor / item	N	M	SD	Me	Sk	Ku
Cronbach α = 0,910, explains the variance of 62%
Factor 1 – Organizational Stress Factors	979	3.22	0.79	3.17	-0.105	-0.150
Cronbach α = 0.842, explains the variance of 42.1%
Factor 2 – Conflictual Communication among Peers	982	2.90	1.07	3.00	0.185	-0.779
Cronbach α = 0.929, explains the variance of 9.6%
Factor 3 – Poor Relationships with patients and family	982	3.31	0.92	3.33	-0.129	-0.507
Cronbach α = 0.826, explains the variance of 6.2%
Factor 4 – Management Requirements	977	2.87	0.94	3.00	-0.013	-0.359
Cronbach α = 0.742, explains the variance of 4.2%

Legend: N – Number of valid cases, M – Mean on 5-point scale, SD – Standard deviation, Me – Median, Sk – Skewness, Ku – Kurtosis