Rising to the challenge: Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the adapted German version of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy for Students (JSPE-S)

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 573-587

  Preusche, Ingrid ^a   Wagner Menghin, Michaela ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Empathy; Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy; Medical students; Psychometric equivalence; Test bias

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TRANSLATIONS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883809320     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-012-9393-9     Document Type: Article

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