Psychometric evaluation of the Turkish version of the Compassion of Others’ Lives Scale(The COOL)

6^th World Nursing and Healthcare Conference

August 15-17, 2016 London, UK

Coskun Halise, Kavakli Oznur, Babayigit Mustafa and Chang Jyh-Hann

Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Turkey
East Stroudsburg University, USA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

This study aims to test the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Compassion of Others� Lives Scale (The COOL). This is a methodological study. A total of 349 nursing students took part in the survey research between January and February 2015 and 100 students were retested. Cronbach�s alpha coefficient has been used for the questionnaire�s reliability analysis. The analysis revealed that scale items were concentrated on two factors as it was in the original scale. The factor analysis found that the two factors explained 44.10% of the total variance. Factor 1 alleviated that suffering subscale had the most explanatory power with a total variance of 34.70%. Demographic characteristics should be taken into account while dealing with compassion. Turkish version of the Compassion of Others� Lives Scale is found as a reliable and valid.

Biography :

Coskun Halise has completed her PhD degree at Gulhane Military Medical Academy in 2003. She is a Captain Nurse and Assistant Professor at nursing school at the same academy since 2011.

Email: hcoskun@gata.edu.tr