Validation of slovenian version of jefferson scale of empathy for students

Zdravstveno Varstvo

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-100

  Šter, Marija Petek ^a   Šter, Branko ^a   Petek, Davorina ^a   Gorup, Eva Cedilnik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Vrhnika Primary Healthcare Centre   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Empathy; Jefferson scale of empathy; Slovenia; Students; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902507884     PISSN: 03510026     EISSN: 18542476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/sjph-2014-0010     Document Type: Article

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