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Psychometric testing of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy Health Profession Students' version with Australian paramedic students.
- Source :
- Nursing & Health Sciences; Mar2013, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p45-50, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Evidence now suggests that improved empathic behaviors can have a positive impact on healthcare outcomes. Therefore, having psychometrically-sound empathy scales is important for healthcare educators. In this study, the factor structure of the 20-item Jefferson Scale Empathy-Health Profession Students' version, when completed by a group of undergraduate paramedic students from a large Australian university, was investigated. Data from the Scale completed by 330 paramedic students were analyzed using principal components analysis followed by a maximum likelihood confirmatory factor analysis to test goodness of fit to the sample data. Two factors emerged from the principal components analysis, 'compassionate care' and 'perspective taking', accounting for 44.2% of the total variance. The 17-item two-factor model produced good model fit and good reliability estimates. Three of the original items did not fit the model. Results from the confirmatory factor analysis suggest that the 17-item Jefferson Scale Empathy-Health Profession Students' version is a valid and reliable measure for undergraduate paramedic students' empathy levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
EMPATHY
FACTOR analysis
GOODNESS-of-fit tests
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SCALES (Weighing instruments)
MAXIMUM likelihood statistics
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
DATA analysis software
ALLIED health personnel -- Psychology
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14410745
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nursing & Health Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 104256119
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2018.2012.00719.x