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)

Autor/inn/en	Preusche, Ingrid; Wagner-Menghin, Michaela
Titel	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)
Quelle	In: Advances in Health Sciences Education, 18 (2013) 4, S.573-587 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1382-4996
DOI	10.1007/s10459-012-9393-9
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Empathy; Physicians; Medical Education; Physician Patient Relationship; Interpersonal Communication; Cultural Relevance; German; Foreign Countries; Attitude Measures; Comparative Analysis; Medical Students; Correlation; Test Reliability; Factor Analysis; Test Construction; Austria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Empathie; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Medizinische Ausbildung; Arzt-Patient-Beziehung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Deutscher; Ausland; Korrelation; Testreliabilität; Faktorenanalyse; Testaufbau; Österreich
Abstract	Assessment of students' attitudes towards physicians' empathy is essential in medical education and in practice because empathy is vital in physician-patient communication. To cross-culturally adapt the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (S-version, JSPE-S) into a German version, examine its psychometric properties in comparison to the original US version (psychometric equivalence), and to compare the level of attitude towards empathy to the original US version and to other cultural adaptations. The German version was administered to the 2010 2nd year medical students cohort at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria (n = 516). Item-total score correlations were all positive. Reliability was high (Cronbach's alpha = 0.82); a 6-7 weeks test-retest correlation for a subsample was 0.45. In an explanatory factor analysis, a four-factor solution emerged and is akin to published results of the original JSPE-S. This study provides an example of successful cross-cultural adaptation of an assessment instrument. The German adaptation of the JSPE at hand will pave the way for future international research regarding the concept of empathy and its outcomes. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10