Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Jefferson Scale of empathy: Making sense of the total score through a second order confirmatory factor analysis.

Background Empathy is a key aspect of the physician-patient interactions. The Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) is one of the most used empathy measures of medical students. The development of cross-cultural empathy studies depends on valid and reliable translations of the JSE. This study sought to:...

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Main Author: Ferreira-Valente, M. Alexandra (author)
Other Authors: Costa, Patrício (author), Elorduy, Marta (author), Virumbrales, Montserrat (author), Costa, Manuel João (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Empathy
Medical students
Validity and reliability
Second order confirmatory factor analysis
Gender
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11328/1609
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.uportu.pt:11328/1609

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http://hdl.handle.net/11328/1609

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