Adaptation and combination of two scales to measure dispositional gratitude in health sciences faculty: a psychometric analysis
This model measures dispositional gratitude in health sciences Mexican faculty and contributes a vital instrument to advance future educational innovations involving this construct. The validation of the one-factor model with convergent reliability and validity suggests that the total scale score serves as an adequate measure of gratitude. Finally, it represents a valuable contribution to the teaching of health sciences since it generates healthy environments with prosocial attitudes that facilitate flourishing in personal and academic life, and in the future, health professionals with humanism as their standard.
Authors
- Ángeles Domínguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6066-355X)
- Adrián Valle de la O (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3936-8489)
- José Moral de la Rubia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1856-1458)
- Jesús Alfonso Beltrán-Sánchez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0930-6033)
- Josué Omar Nava-Manzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8551-6836)
Institutions
- Universidad Andrés Bello (CL)
- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (MX)
- Universidad Andrés Bello (CL)
- Institute for the Future (US)
- Tecnológico de Monterrey (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-06773-z
- Primary Topic
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00