Prosocial behaviour in palliative nurses: psychometric evaluation of the prosociality scale.
- Biagioli V PhD Student, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
- Prandi C Assistant Professor, SUPSI, Manno, Switzerland.
- Giuliani L PhD Student, Campus Biomedico University, Rome.
- Nyatanga B Senior Lecturer, Academic Lead for Centre for Palliative Care, University of Worcester, UK.
- Frida R Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour, Norwich Business School, UK.
- 2016-06-29
Published in:
- International journal of palliative nursing. - 2016
Empathy
Helping
Palliative nurses
Personality
Prosociality
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Empathy
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
Humans
Italy
Job Satisfaction
Male
Middle Aged
Personality Inventory
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
English
AIM
The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a prosociality scale within the palliative nursing context, and then examine the impact of prosocial behaviour in relation to job and educational satisfaction among palliative nurses.
METHODS
An online cross-sectional survey was conducted in 25 Italian palliative care centres, with a total of 107 nurses completing the prosociality scale by Caprara et al (2005) . Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were examined to evaluate a multidimensional model of prosociality.
RESULTS
A three-factor solution with a second order factor fitted the data well. The three dimensions extracted were labelled as helping, empathy, and sharing. Participants reported high levels of prosociality. In addition, prosociality was positively associated with job and educational satisfaction.
CONCLUSIONS
The prosociality scale was valid and reliable when tested with palliative nurses. Although prosociality may be embedded in nurses' personalities, this quality should be actively promoted to expand and improve the culture and the ethics of nursing.
The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a prosociality scale within the palliative nursing context, and then examine the impact of prosocial behaviour in relation to job and educational satisfaction among palliative nurses.
METHODS
An online cross-sectional survey was conducted in 25 Italian palliative care centres, with a total of 107 nurses completing the prosociality scale by Caprara et al (2005) . Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were examined to evaluate a multidimensional model of prosociality.
RESULTS
A three-factor solution with a second order factor fitted the data well. The three dimensions extracted were labelled as helping, empathy, and sharing. Participants reported high levels of prosociality. In addition, prosociality was positively associated with job and educational satisfaction.
CONCLUSIONS
The prosociality scale was valid and reliable when tested with palliative nurses. Although prosociality may be embedded in nurses' personalities, this quality should be actively promoted to expand and improve the culture and the ethics of nursing.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- green
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.12968/ijpn.2016.22.6.292
- PMID 27349848
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/237096
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