Developing and Validating the Caring Questionnaire of Service Learning Courses
- Conditions
- CARINGSERVICE LEARNING
- Registration Number
- NCT04204187
- 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
- undergraduate students after attending a service learning course
- 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
Name Time Method first impression scale of service facility up 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 caring up 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 caring up 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-learning up 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-learning up 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 caring up 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
Name Time Method attitude of caring after 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 norms after 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 questionnaire after 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
🇨🇳Taichung, Taiwan