- Title
- Analysis of the empathic concern subscale of the emotional response questionnaire in a study evaluating the impact of a 3D cultural simulation
- Creator
- Everson, Naleya; Levett-Jones, Tracy; Pitt, Victoria; Lapkin, Samuel; Van Der Riet, Pamela; Rossiter, Rachel; Jones, Donovan; Gilligan, Conor; Courtney Pratt, Helen
- Relation
- International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship Vol. 15, Issue 1, no. 20170003
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2017-0003
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- Background: Empathic concern has been found to decline in health professional students. Few effective educational programs and a lack of validated scales are reported. Previous analysis of the Empathic Concern scale of the Emotional Response Questionnaire has reported both one and two latent constructs. Aim: To evaluate the impact of simulation on nursing students' empathic concern and test the psychometric properties of the Empathic Concern scale. Methods: The study used a one group pre-test post-test design with a convenience sample of 460 nursing students. Empathic concern was measured pre-post simulation with the Empathic Concern scale. Factor Analysis was undertaken to investigate the structure of the scale. Results: There was a statistically significant increase in Empathic Concern scores between pre-simulation 5.57 (SD = 1.04) and post-simulation 6.10 (SD = 0.95). Factor analysis of the Empathic Concern scale identified one latent dimension. Conclusion: Immersive simulation may promote empathic concern. The Empathic Concern scale measured a single latent construct in this cohort.
- Subject
- empathic-concern; compassion; simulation; culture
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1399360
- Identifier
- uon:34593
- Identifier
- ISSN:2194-5772
- Language
- eng
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