Ageism and Empathy Among Dental Students in Southern Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the association of ageism, empathy, and other possible explanatory factors among dental students in southern Brazil.

Methods

An online questionnaire and in-person visits were used for collecting sociodemographic data, dental training experiences, and attitudes toward aging, and employing the validated Brazilian versions of the Ageism Scale for Dental Students (ASDS-Braz) and Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to validate the JSE and ASDS-Braz, and structural equation modeling (SEM) was then employed to explore the relationships between total ageism score, total empathy score, and other factors.

Results

CFA for ASDS-Braz and JSE and the SEM showed marginal root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA)

SUBMITTER: Torres LHDN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11919802 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature