Factors Influencing Empathy in Nursing Students in Korea.
10.5977/jkasne.2015.21.2.237
- Author:
Haejin KIM
1
;
Myungsun YI
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. seastar4@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Students;
Empathy;
Awareness;
Assertiveness;
Stressful life events
- MeSH:
Assertiveness;
Empathy*;
Humans;
Korea;
Nursing;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Stress, Psychological;
Students, Nursing*
- From:Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
2015;21(2):237-245
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to explore the levels of self-awareness, assertiveness, life stress, and empathy in nursing students and identify influential factors on empathy. METHODS: A predictive correlational design was used. The data was collected by questionnaires from a convenience sample of 319 nursing students in 2014 in Korea. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression. RESULTS: The mean items scores of self-awareness, assertiveness, life stress, and empathy were 3.49, 3.02, 2.20 and 3.58, respectively, of a possible score ranging from 1 to 5. Empathy significantly differed by gender, grade, satisfaction with nursing as a major, and clinical practice experience. Empathy was correlated with self-awareness and interpersonal relationship stress. As a result of multiple regression analysis, empathy accounted for 20.1% of the variance by self-awareness, gender, clinical practice experience and interpersonal relationship stress. The most important factor was self-awareness, which explained 11.6% of the variation. CONCLUSION: The results of the study reveal that strengthening self-awareness and relieving interpersonal relationship stress ought to be integrated in developing effective educational intervention for enhancing empathy in nursing students.
