Factors influencing nursing students' empathy.
1Department of Nursing, Daejeon University, Daejeon, Korea.
Korean Journal of Medical Education
|September 6, 2018
Summary
Nursing students' empathy is linked to their self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, and self-efficacy. Enhancing these factors can improve nursing students' empathy.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Psychology
Background:
- Empathy is crucial for effective nursing care.
- Understanding factors influencing empathy in nursing students is essential for developing targeted interventions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the relationship between nursing students' self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, and self-efficacy.
- To identify key factors influencing empathy among nursing students.
Main Methods:
- A predictive correlational design was employed.
- Data were collected from 147 nursing students in the Republic of Korea using questionnaires.
Main Results:
- Empathy showed significant correlations with self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, and self-efficacy.
- Multiple regression analysis indicated that gender, major satisfaction, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and interpersonal relationships explained 45.9% of the variance in empathy.
- Interpersonal relationships emerged as the most significant predictor of empathy.
Conclusions:
- Interpersonal relationships, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and major satisfaction are key factors that can be enhanced to foster empathy in nursing students.
- Interventions aimed at improving these psychosocial aspects may positively impact nursing students' empathic abilities.
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