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- Title
Psychometric properties of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy- Health Professional Student's version: An Italian validation study with nursing students.
- Authors
Montanari, Paola; Petrucci, Cristina; Russo, Silvia; Murray, Ian; Dimonte, Valerio; Lancia, Loreto
- Abstract
This methodological study was conducted to test the psychometric properties of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy- Health Professional Student's version ( JSE-HPS), in a convenience sample of 797 Italian nursing students and to describe their empathic engagement. Data were subjected to exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, test-retest, correlation analysis, t-test, and analysis of variance method. Principal component factor extraction with Oblimin rotation on the first half of the sample was conducted. The analysis suggested a three-factor solution for 14 items: 'compassionate care/emotional engagement,' 'perspective-taking,' and 'standing in the patient's shoes.' Confirmatory factor analysis on the second half of the sample showed good fit indexes for the 14-item solution, indicated by the exploratory factor analysis, and the 20 item solution of the scale, with the exception of one item. Test-retest correlation was 0.50 ( P < 0.001) for the overall scale. Results from group comparisons and correlations are also provided and discussed. The Italian version of the JSE-HPS is a psychometrically sound tool. The translated 20-item solution is also suitable to carry out cross-cultural comparisons.
- Subjects
ITALY; PSYCHOMETRICS; ANALYSIS of variance; STATISTICAL correlation; EMPATHY; FACTOR analysis; GOODNESS-of-fit tests; RESEARCH methodology; NURSING students; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); T-test (Statistics); STATISTICAL reliability; MAXIMUM likelihood statistics
- Publication
Nursing & Health Sciences, 2015, Vol 17, Issue 4, p483
- ISSN
1441-0745
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/nhs.12221