title: [Reliability and Validity of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy in Chinese Medical Students].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To access the reliability and validity of the student version of Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE-S).
  
  
  METHODS
  The JSPE-S was translated into Chinese using back-translation procedures and administered to 358 Chinese medical students at Sichuan University. The reliability was evaluated with Split-half reliability and internal consistency. The validity was analyzed using discriminate validity, convergent validity and structure validity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The JSPE-S had a split-half reliability coefficient of 0.853 and Cronbach alpha of 0.861. The convergent test achieved 95.0% success rate. The discriminant test achieved 95.0% success rate. Three factors were extracted, with a cumulative variance contribution of 50.87%. The estimated factor loading ranged from 0.485 to 0.834, with factor variance ranging from 1.736 to 4.625.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Chinese JSPE-S has satisfactory reliability and validity in medical students.
authors.forename: Tian
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Xiao-yun
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Yuan-yuan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiao-song
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*