Ward Julia, Schaal Mary, Sullivan Jacqueline, Bowen Mary E, Erdmann James B, Hojat Mohammadreza
Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson College of Health Professions, Jefferson School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
J Nurs Meas. 2009;17(1):73-88. doi: 10.1891/1061-3749.17.1.73.
Evidence has been reported in support of the reliability and validity of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE) when used with physicians, medical students, and nurses. This study examined the psychometrics of a modified version of the scale in undergraduate nursing students. The modified version of the JSPE was administered to 333 nursing students at different levels of training. Three underlying constructs, that is, "Perspective Taking," "Compassionate Care," and "Standing in Patient's Shoes" emerged from the factor analysis of the scale that were consistent with the conceptual framework of empathy, thus supporting the construct validity of the scale. The coefficient alpha was .77. Scores of the empathy scale were significantly correlated with the scores of the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration (r = .38, p < .001). Women scored higher than men, and those with more clinical experiences scored higher than others. It was concluded that the empathy scale used in this study is a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring empathy in undergraduate nursing students.
有证据表明，杰斐逊医生同理心量表（JSPE）用于医生、医学生和护士时具有可靠性和有效性。本研究检验了该量表修改版在本科护理专业学生中的心理测量特性。修改后的JSPE量表被施用于333名处于不同培训水平的护理专业学生。通过对该量表的因子分析，出现了三个潜在的结构，即“换位思考”“同情关怀”和“设身处地为患者着想”，这与同理心的概念框架一致，从而支持了该量表的结构效度。系数阿尔法为0.77。同理心量表得分与杰斐逊医生对医护协作态度量表得分显著相关（r = 0.38，p < 0.001）。女性得分高于男性，且临床经验更丰富的学生得分高于其他人。研究得出结论，本研究中使用的同理心量表是一种心理测量学上合理的工具，可用于测量本科护理专业学生的同理心。
