Psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy and empathy levels in Greek dental postgraduate students.
Dentistry
Empathy
Jefferson Scale
Postgraduate students
Psychometrics
Journal
European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry
ISSN: 1996-9805
Titre abrégé: Eur Arch Paediatr Dent
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101277157
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
06
04
2023
accepted:
11
07
2023
medline:
20
11
2023
pubmed:
2
8
2023
entrez:
2
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aims of this study were to: (1) examine the psychometric properties of the Greek version of JSE-HP and (2) explore empathy among Greek dental postgraduate students. The JSE-HP scale was translated into Greek using the back translation method. The questionnaire was given to 111 dental postgraduate students between November 2017 and February 2018. A random sample of 25% was retested to assess test-retest reliability. The reliability of the Greek version of JSE-HP was measured with Cronbach's alpha (α) and Discrimination Indices (DIs). Exploratory Factor Analysis, with varimax rotation of the factorial axes, was used to examine the dimensionality and the factorial validity of the Greek version of the JSE-HP. Comparisons between groups of postgraduate students were performed as appropriate with the Kruskal-Wallis or the Mann-Whitney U test. The response rate was 100%. The mean age was 28.9 years. The reliability, in the sense of internal consistency of the questionnaire was considered satisfactory (Cronbach's alpha: 0.76, average DI: 0.33.) The test-retest reliability was satisfactory (Pearson's r = 0.77, p < 0.001). Factor Analysis revealed 7 significant factors. No statistically significant differences in empathy scores were found among groups of postgraduate students. The Greek version of the JSE-HP shows good psychometric properties. Empathy scores do not differ among Greek dental postgraduate students.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37531023
doi: 10.1007/s40368-023-00826-x
pii: 10.1007/s40368-023-00826-x
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry.
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