Department of Sciences of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, Italy.
Department of Sciences of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, Italy; Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2024 Aug;79:104091. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2024.104091. Epub 2024 Aug 5.
To translate, culturally adapt and evaluate the psychometric properties of an Italian version of the Active Empathic Listening Scale (AELS-It) for first year students on a Bachelor degree in nursing.
Active and empathic listening is characterised by the active and emotional involvement of the listener and is particularly important for nurses to understand and address patients' needs. When nurses demonstrate to patients that they are active and empathic listeners, it leads to deeper engagement and trust, strengthens the nurse-patient relationship and enhances the quality of care. Consequently, it is essential to incorporate active and empathic listening into nursing education, as it equips future nurses to communicate and respond to patients' needs effectively. AELS is a tool that measures active and empathic listening styles. To the best of our knowledge, no study has validated and psychometrically tested AELS among nursing students and no studies have examined the application of the AELS scale within the Italian context.
A three-phase validation study.
The tool was first translated and adapted into Italian. A panel of 12 experts in nursing education evaluated the face and content validity. The psychometric properties of the Italian AELS (AELS-It) were assessed in a sample of nursing students. The dimensionality and construct validity of the tool were tested through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Reliability was estimated using both traditional and composite methods.
A total of 207 students were included. The overall content validity index was 0.9. The exploratory factor analysis confirmed a three factor structure. Confirmatory factor analysis showed a second-order factor structure with adequate fit indices. The reliability of the second-order factor analysis for the scale was adequate, with Cronbach's α (0.877) and Composite-ω (0.875).
The Italian version of AELS-It proved to be a reliable tool to test active empathic listening in Italian nursing students and it could be a useful instrument in nursing education.
翻译、文化调适并评价意大利版主动共情倾听量表（AELS-It）在护理学学士学位一年级学生中的心理测量学特性。
主动共情倾听的特点是倾听者的积极和情感投入，对于护士理解和满足患者的需求尤为重要。当护士向患者表明他们是积极共情的倾听者时，会导致更深层次的参与和信任，加强护士与患者的关系，并提高护理质量。因此，将主动共情倾听纳入护理教育至关重要，因为它使未来的护士能够有效地沟通和回应患者的需求。AELS 是一种衡量主动共情倾听风格的工具。据我们所知，尚无研究在护理学生中验证和心理测量测试 AELS，也没有研究在意大利背景下检验 AELS 量表的应用。
一个三阶段验证研究。
该工具首先被翻译成意大利语并进行了调整。一个由 12 名护理教育专家组成的小组评估了工具的表面和内容效度。对护理学生样本进行了意大利版主动共情倾听量表（AELS-It）的心理测量学特性评估。通过探索性和验证性因素分析测试了工具的维度和结构效度。使用传统和综合方法估计了可靠性。
共纳入 207 名学生。总体内容效度指数为 0.9。探索性因素分析证实了三因素结构。验证性因素分析显示二阶因子结构具有足够的拟合指数。二阶因子分析的量表可靠性适中，克朗巴赫的α值为 0.877，综合ω值为 0.875。
意大利版 AELS-It 被证明是一种可靠的工具，可用于测试意大利护理学生的主动共情倾听能力，并且可能是护理教育中的有用工具。
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