The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy: Preliminary Psychometrics and Group Comparisons in Italian Physicians

Lillo, Mariangela Di; Cicchetti, Americo; Scalzo, Alessandra Lo; Taroni, Francesco; Hojat, Mohammadreza

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“…This is consistent with the previous studies in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, which have disclosed higher levels of empathy in female medical students compared to their male colleagues [18,26,27]. However, some studies have noted the insignificant influence of gender on the empathy of medical trainees and specialists [28]. There are multiple possibilities regarding the role of gender in empathy.…”

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Empathy predicting career choice in future physicians

Pantović-Stefanović¹,

Dunjić-Kostić²,

Gligorić³

et al. 2015

Engrami

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

Empathy predicting career choice in future physicians

Pantović-Stefanović¹,

Dunjić-Kostić²,

Gligorić³

et al. 2015

Engrami

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“…The current study also showed a similar finding, and female students scored significantly higher than male students. On the other hand, few studies have shown no gender difference in empathy (Di Lillo et al 2009;Shariat & Keikhavani 2010). We also sought the gender difference of empathy in the three factors of the scale and observed that the difference exists only in two of the three factors of JSE (i.e., perspective taking and compassionate care).…”

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“…This three-factor structure has been replicated in several studies and on different groups of subjects. However, because of the nature of EFA, which allows every item to be loaded on any of the factors regardless of the theoretical possibility of the association, it is predictable to witness discrepancies across studies on items loaded on extracted factors (Sherman and Cramer 2005;Di Lillo et al 2009;Ward et al 2009;, and sometimes, even on the factors themselves (Kwon Hesieh et al, 2006).…”

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Empathy in Iranian medical students: Measurement model of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy

Shariat

Habibi

2012

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Background: Empathy is an important factor in patient-physician relationship that has beneficial effects in medical practice. Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) has been specifically designed to assess empathy in health professionals (HP-version) and related students (S-version). Few validation studies have been performed on S-version of the scale. Aims: To examine empathy in a large sample of Iranian medical students, and also to study factor structure and psychometric properties of the Persian translation of the S-version of the JSE. Method: 1187 medical students (759 female) from 16 universities around the country participated in the study during 2009. Independent sample t-test, multivariate analysis of variance, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were performed to analyze the data. Results: Female students outscored male students in empathy. The trend for empathy had a negative relationship with years of education. JSE showed an acceptable internal consistency and test re-test reliability. CFA upheld the original three-factor structure -Perspective Taking, Compassionate Care, and Standing in the Patient's Shoes -consisting 20 items. Conclusion: The decrease in empathy during medical education is consistent with previous studies. The Persian version of JSE is a valid and reliable measure to tap empathy in a Persian-speaking medical student.

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“…Se ha estudiado la empatía en estudiantes de medicina, odontología y enfermería en diferentes países (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18). Sin embargo, en América Latina son pocos y se remiten esencialmente a los estudiantes de Kinesiología, Medicina y Odontología (19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29).…”

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Empatía en estudiantes de enfermería de la Universidad Mayor, Sede Temuco, IX región, Chile

Díaz-Narváez¹,

Muñoz-Gámbaro²,

Duarte-Gómez³

et al. 2014

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Objetivo: estimar la orientación empática y el comportamiento de la estructura del constructo empatía en los estudiantes de enfermería de la Universidad Mayor, sede Temuco (Chile). Materiales y métodos: se aplicó la Escala de Empatía Médica de Jefferson en la versión en español para estudiantes, validada culturalmente mediante criterio de jueces. Se estimó confiabilidad interna mediante la prueba alfa de Cronbach y aditividad de Tukey. Las medias de las sumatorias de los datos de los sujetos fueron comparadas mediante Anova bifactorial y prueba de Duncan. Se emplearon las pruebas de adecuación muestral. Los componentes fueron estimados por medio de una prueba factorial de componentes principales con rotación varimax. Resultados: la escala mostró confiabilidad. Existen diferencias de orientación empática entre los cursos, pero no en el género; se observaron seis componentes. Conclusiones: los estudiantes de enfermería se caracterizan por tener niveles de empatía relativamente altos, los cuales no difieren entre los géneros y existe una tendencia a su aumento a medida que los cursos avanzan.

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The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy: Preliminary Psychometrics and Group Comparisons in Italian Physicians

Cited by 143 publications

References 19 publications

Empathy predicting career choice in future physicians

Empathy predicting career choice in future physicians

Empathy in Iranian medical students: Measurement model of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy

Empatía en estudiantes de enfermería de la Universidad Mayor, Sede Temuco, IX región, Chile

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