Psychometric properties and confirmatory factor analysis of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tavakol, Sina ^a   Dennick, Reg ^a   Tavakol, Mohsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

confirmatory factor analysis; Empathy; JSPE; structure validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79960890407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-11-54     Document Type: Article

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