Eleven years of data on the jefferson scale of empathy-medical student version (JSE-S): Proxy norm data and tentative cutoff scores

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 344-350

  Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a   Gonnella, Joseph S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutoff scores; Jefferson Scale of Empathy; Medical students; Norm data; Patient care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION ASSESSMENT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; JEFFERSON SCALE OF EMPATHY MEDICAL STUDENT VERSION; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROXY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84934438170     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000381954     Document Type: Article

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