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      Psychometric properties of the Jefferson Empathy Scale in four nursing student faculties Translated title: Propriedades psicométricas da Jefferson Empathy Scale em quatro faculdades de estudantes de enfermagem Translated title: Propiedades psicométricas de la Jefferson Empathy Scale en cuatro facultades de estudiantes de enfermería

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          ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Jefferson Medical Empathy Scale, Spanish version (JSE-S), its factorial structure, reliability, and the presence of invariance between genders in the behavior of empathy levels among Chilean nursing students. Method Instrumental research design. The JSE-S was applied to 1,320 nursing students. A confirmatory factor analysis was used. An invariance study between genders was carried out. Descriptive statistics were estimated. Between genders, Student’s T distribution was applied alongside a homoscedasticity analysis. The level of significance was α ≤ 0.05. Results The confirmatory factor analysis determined the existence of three dimensions in the matrix. The statistical results of the invariance tests were significant, and allowed comparison between genders. Differences were found between mean empathy values, as well as in some of its dimensions between genders. Conclusion The factor structure of empathy data and its dimensions is in correspondence with the underlying three-dimensional model. There are differences in empathy levels and their dimensions between genders, with the exception of the compassionate care dimension, which was distributed similarly. Women were more empathetic than men.

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          RESUMO Objetivo Avaliar as propriedades psicométricas da Jefferson Medical Empathy Scale , versão em espanhol (JSE-S), sua estrutura fatorial, confiabilidade e a presença de invariância entre os sexos no comportamento dos níveis de empatia entre estudantes de enfermagem chilenos. Método Desenho de pesquisa instrumental. O JSE-S foi aplicado a 1.320 estudantes de enfermagem. Uma análise fatorial confirmatória foi usada. Foi realizado um estudo de invariância entre os gêneros. Estatísticas descritivas foram estimadas. Entre os gêneros, a distribuição T de Student foi aplicada juntamente com uma análise de homocedasticidade. O nível de significância adotado foi α ≤ 0,05. Resultados A análise fatorial confirmatória determinou a existência de três dimensões na matriz. Os resultados estatísticos dos testes de invariância foram significativos e permitiram a comparação entre os gêneros. Foram encontradas diferenças entre os valores médios de empatia, bem como em algumas de suas dimensões entre os gêneros. Conclusão A estrutura fatorial dos dados de empatia e suas dimensões está em correspondência com o modelo tridimensional subjacente. Existem diferenças nos níveis de empatia e suas dimensões entre os gêneros, com exceção da dimensão do cuidado compassivo, que se distribuiu de forma semelhante. As mulheres eram mais empáticas do que os homens.

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          RESUMEN Objetivo Evaluar las propiedades psicométricas de la Jefferson Medical Empathy Scale , versión en español (JSE-S), su estructura factorial, confiabilidad y la presencia de invariancia entre géneros en el comportamiento de los niveles de empatía entre estudiantes de enfermería chilenos. Método Diseño de investigación instrumental. La JSE-S se aplicó a 1.320 estudiantes de enfermería. Se utilizó un análisis factorial confirmatorio. Se realizó un estudio de invariancia entre géneros. Se estimaron estadísticas descriptivas. Entre los géneros, la distribución T de Student se aplicó junto con el análisis de homocedasticidad. El nivel de significancia fue α ≤ 0,05. Resultados El análisis factorial confirmatorio determinó la existencia de tres dimensiones en la matriz. Los resultados estadísticos de las pruebas de invariancia fueron significativos y permitieron la comparación entre géneros. Se encontraron diferencias entre los valores medios de empatía, así como en algunas de sus dimensiones entre géneros. Conclusión La estructura factorial de los datos de empatía y sus dimensiones está en correspondencia con el modelo tridimensional subyacente. Existen diferencias en los niveles de empatía y sus dimensiones entre géneros, a excepción de la dimensión de cuidado compasivo, que se distribuyó de manera similar. Las mujeres eran más empáticas que los hombres.

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            Evidence suggests that there are differences in the capacity for empathy between males and females. However, how deep do these differences go? Stereotypically, females are portrayed as more nurturing and empathetic, while males are portrayed as less emotional and more cognitive. Some authors suggest that observed gender differences might be largely due to cultural expectations about gender roles. However, empathy has both evolutionary and developmental precursors, and can be studied using implicit measures, aspects that can help elucidate the respective roles of culture and biology. This article reviews evidence from ethology, social psychology, economics, and neuroscience to show that there are fundamental differences in implicit measures of empathy, with parallels in development and evolution. Studies in nonhuman animals and younger human populations (infants/children) offer converging evidence that sex differences in empathy have phylogenetic and ontogenetic roots in biology and are not merely cultural byproducts driven by socialization. We review how these differences may have arisen in response to males' and females' different roles throughout evolution. Examinations of the neurobiological underpinnings of empathy reveal important quantitative gender differences in the basic networks involved in affective and cognitive forms of empathy, as well as a qualitative divergence between the sexes in how emotional information is integrated to support decision making processes. Finally, the study of gender differences in empathy can be improved by designing studies with greater statistical power and considering variables implicit in gender (e.g., sexual preference, prenatal hormone exposure). These improvements may also help uncover the nature of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders in which one sex is more vulnerable to compromised social competence associated with impaired empathy.
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                Journal
                reeusp
                Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
                Rev. esc. enferm. USP
                Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                0080-6234
                1980-220X
                2021
                : 55
                : e03741
                Affiliations
                [1] Santiago orgnameUniversidad Andres Bello orgdiv1Faculty of Nursing Chile
                [6] Santiago orgnameUniversidad Andres Bello orgdiv1School of Dentistry orgdiv2Research Department Chile
                [4] Concepción Bío-Bío orgnameUniversidad San Sebastián orgdiv1Dentistry Faculty Chile
                [3] Santiago Santiago de Chile orgnamePontificia Universidad Católica de Chile orgdiv1School of Medicine orgdiv2Department of Psychiatry Chile
                [5] Copiapó Atacama orgnameUniversidad de Atacama orgdiv1Faculty of Health Sciences Chile
                [2] Santiago orgnameUniversidad Bernardo O’Higgins orgdiv1Health Faculty Chile
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                S0080-62342021000100424 S0080-6234(21)05500000424
                10.1590/s1980-220x2020023903741
                33950108
                d5dedfe9-7dea-4b09-9992-2f6bbb33ae4f

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                : 15 June 2020
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                Educación,Empatia,Estudantes de Enfermagem,Psicometria,Educação,Empathy,Students, Nursing,Psychometrics,Education,Estudiantes de Enfermaría,Psicometría

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