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Article

The Greek Jefferson Scale of Empathy—Medical Student Version (JSE-S): Psychometric Properties and Its Associated Factors

by
Polychronis Voultsos
1,*,
Petros Galanis
2,
Marianna-Foteini A. Dafni
3,
Venetia-Sofia Velonaki
2,
Georgia-Neta Andreou
4 and
Leda Kovatsi
1
1
Department of Forensic and Toxicology, Division: Medical Law and Ethics, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece
2
School of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Goudi, 11 517 Athens, Greece
3
Postgraduate Program in Bioethics, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, 68 100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
4
Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Cultural Center, 206 Peraeus Str., Tavros, 17 778 Athens, Greece
*
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Behav. Sci. 2024, 14(3), 195; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14030195
Submission received: 1 January 2024 / Revised: 18 February 2024 / Accepted: 27 February 2024 / Published: 28 February 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Influencing Factors of Prosociality: How Humans Cooperate with Others)
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Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy—Student version (JSE-S) and its association with potential predictors among Greek-speaking undergraduate medical students. This study adopted a cross-sectional, comparative–descriptive research design. The study was conducted during October and November 2023. Cronbach’s α values for the JSE-S and the factors “perspective taking”, “compassionate care”, and “standing in the patient’s shoes” showed internal consistency. The intraclass correlation coefficient for the JSE-S score in the test–retest study indicated a high level of reliability. The participants showed moderate empathy levels. Females scored higher than males in the Greek version of the JSE-S. Moreover, students enrolled in the fourth academic year showed higher empathy mean scores than those enrolled in the first year. Statistically significant empathy differences by specialty preferences or faith in God/supreme power were not found. The present study provided satisfactory evidence that the Greek JSE-S is a psychometrically sound measurement instrument. Empathy differences by gender were found in line with prior literature.
Keywords: empathy; Jefferson Scale of Empathy—Student version (JSE-S); undergraduate medical students; gender; academic year; specialty preferences; belief in God/supreme power empathy; Jefferson Scale of Empathy—Student version (JSE-S); undergraduate medical students; gender; academic year; specialty preferences; belief in God/supreme power

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Voultsos, P.; Galanis, P.; Dafni, M.-F.A.; Velonaki, V.-S.; Andreou, G.-N.; Kovatsi, L. The Greek Jefferson Scale of Empathy—Medical Student Version (JSE-S): Psychometric Properties and Its Associated Factors. Behav. Sci. 2024, 14, 195. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14030195

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Voultsos P, Galanis P, Dafni M-FA, Velonaki V-S, Andreou G-N, Kovatsi L. The Greek Jefferson Scale of Empathy—Medical Student Version (JSE-S): Psychometric Properties and Its Associated Factors. Behavioral Sciences. 2024; 14(3):195. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14030195

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Voultsos, Polychronis, Petros Galanis, Marianna-Foteini A. Dafni, Venetia-Sofia Velonaki, Georgia-Neta Andreou, and Leda Kovatsi. 2024. "The Greek Jefferson Scale of Empathy—Medical Student Version (JSE-S): Psychometric Properties and Its Associated Factors" Behavioral Sciences 14, no. 3: 195. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14030195

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Voultsos, P., Galanis, P., Dafni, M.-F. A., Velonaki, V.-S., Andreou, G.-N., & Kovatsi, L. (2024). The Greek Jefferson Scale of Empathy—Medical Student Version (JSE-S): Psychometric Properties and Its Associated Factors. Behavioral Sciences, 14(3), 195. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14030195

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