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Caring in nursing: a multivariate analysis
Author(s) -
Lea Amandah,
Watson Roger,
Deary Ian J
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00799.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , exploratory factor analysis , confirmatory factor analysis , multivariate analysis , psychology , nursing , empathy , perception , multivariate statistics , psychometrics , medicine , clinical psychology , social psychology , structural equation modeling , psychotherapist , computer science , neuroscience , machine learning
The dimensions underlying the perceptions of caring among nurses were investigated using the Edinburgh Caring Dimensions Inventory (CDI). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis techniques were used. While there was a general caring factor on which the majority of the items in the CDI loaded, there were two separable major dimensions to caring, namely ‘psychosocial aspects’ and ‘professional and technical aspects’. In addition, two smaller dimensions were identified that were both related to self‐giving, and it is postulated that these refer, respectively, to appropriate and inappropriate self‐giving in nursing.