Journal article
Ageism and Empathy Among Dental Students in Southern Brazil
Special care in dentistry, Vol.45(2), e70021
03/2025
DOI: 10.1111/scd.70021
PMCID: PMC11919802
PMID: 40102204
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Abstract
To investigate the association of ageism, empathy, and other possible explanatory factors among dental students in southern Brazil.
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.
CFA for ASDS-Braz and JSE and the SEM showed marginal root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) values and displayed expected loading directions. Among 626 predoctoral dental students (91.5% response rate), SEM revealed significant associations between the university attended and total empathy score with total ageism score, and sex with total empathy score.
Among southern Brazilian dental students, university attended and overall empathy levels are strongly linked to the total ageism score. At the same time, gender shows a significant correlation with the overall empathy score.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Ageism and Empathy Among Dental Students in Southern Brazil
- Creators
- Luísa Helena do Nascimento Tôrres - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulMagáli Beck Guimarães - Universidade Federal de Santa MariaLeonardo Marchini - University of IowaOscar Rysavy - University of IowaPatrick Barlow - University of IowaChandler Pendleton - University of IowaAlexandre Fávero Bulgarelli - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Special care in dentistry, Vol.45(2), e70021
- DOI
- 10.1111/scd.70021
- PMID
- 40102204
- PMCID
- PMC11919802
- NLM abbreviation
- Spec Care Dentist
- ISSN
- 0275-1879
- eISSN
- 1754-4505
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2025
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; ICTS; Center for Social Science Innovation; Dental Research; Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984801613802771
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