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Developing and Validating the Caring Questionnaire of Service Learning Courses

Completed
Conditions
CARING
SERVICE LEARNING
Registration Number
NCT04204187
Lead Sponsor
Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Brief Summary

Research purposes: 1. Construct the caring scale in service learning courses. 2. Verify the reliability and validity of caring scale in service learning curriculum.

Detailed Description

Background: The core value of healthcare education is caring. However, caring traits are learned and acquired. Service learning advocates learning by doing. Through experience learning, students are guided to learn caring attitude or caring behaviour. Thus, teachers should construct appropriate assessments to understand caring traits as a transformative process from students' learning. Teachers should also adjust the pace of teaching continuously and design appropriate courses to facilitate students' achievement of their learning goals.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
483
Inclusion Criteria
  • undergraduate students after attending a service learning course
Exclusion Criteria
  • undergraduate students who refuse or are unwilling to participate in service learning courses.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
first impression scale of service facilityup to 48 month

Developing and validating the first impression scale in traditional Chinese language. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: very positive, positive, neutral, negative, and very negative. The more positive feeling is more higher score.

service-learning experience of scale for caringup to 48 month

Developing and validating the service-learning experience scale for caring in traditional Chinese language. A higher score indicates more caring experiences.

perceived behavioral control for caringup to 48 month

Developing and validating the perceived behavioral control for caring in traditional Chinese language. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: agree strongly, agree, neutral, disagree, and disagree strongly. The higher score indicates higher caring ability. The lower score indicates more difficult/limited to do caring behavior.

organizational climate for service-learningup to 48 month

Developing and validating the organizational climate survey for service-learning in traditional Chinese language. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: very positive, positive, neutral, negative, and very negative. The more positive feeling is more higher score.

idea transformation questionnaire for service-learningup to 48 month

Developing and validating a idea transformation questionnaire after service-learning in traditional Chinese language. A higher score indicates more idea changes.

behavioral intention of caringup to 48 month

Developing and validating the behavioral intention of caring in traditional Chinese language. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: agree strongly, agree, neutral, disagree, and disagree strongly. The higher score indicates higher commit for caring behavior in the near future.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
attitude of caringafter service-learning activity 1 month

Three items for personal attitude towards caring including cognition, affection and behavior. The score range from 0-15. The higher score means more positive attitude of caring.

subjective normsafter service-learning activity 1 month

Personal caring ability is mainly influenced by those important people. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: very important, important, neutral, unimportant, and very unimportant. The more important feeling is more higher score.

selfishness questionnaireafter service-learning activity 1 month

Validating and reliability for selfishness scale in traditional Chinese language. The range score is from 0-48. A higher score indicates more selfishness.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology

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Taichung, Taiwan

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