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September 5, 2025SAGE Open MedicineOpen Access

Development and validation of the Multidimensional Clinical Empathy Scale for healthcare professionals and students

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LTLaurence TanCYChou Chuen YuRCRobin Choo

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Overview

This research develops and validates an empathy scale, measuring cognitive and affective empathy in healthcare professionals, suggesting improved assessment methods.

Key Points

  • The Multidimensional Clinical Empathy Scale assesses both cognitive and affective empathy, enhancing clinical understanding.
  • With a Cronbach alpha of 0.94, the final 26-item scale demonstrated strong psychometric properties across diverse settings.
  • Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed a four-factor structure, ensuring the scale's multidimensionality and validity.
  • Developed through literature reviews and surveys, this validated tool aids in clinical education and future empathy research.

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Tan et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23922b210217d64779eachttps://doi.org/10.1177/20503121251365011
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