Effects of Self-Awareness, Other-Awareness and Empathy on Communication Ability of Nursing Students
10.15715/kjhcom.2019.14.2.103
- Author:
Su Jung PARK
1
;
Ji Sook KANG
;
Ga Hye KIM
;
Ju Yeon PARK
;
Ga Ram YANG
Author Information
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Seoyeong University, Korea. joysujung@seoyeong.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Self-awareness;
Other-awareness;
Empathy;
Communication ability
- MeSH:
Communication;
Empathy;
Humans;
Linear Models;
Nursing;
Residence Characteristics;
Students, Nursing
- From:
Health Communication
2019;14(2):103-108
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting communication ability of nursing students.METHODS: The participants were 140 students in nursing college at the G city. The data were collected using online-questionnaires from July 4 to July 10 2018 and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis with SPSS 20.0 program.RESULTS: The results show that communication ability was statistically significant according to self-awareness, other-awareness, empathy. Multiple regression analysis found that the factors influencing communication ability of nursing students were empathy(β=.540), self-awareness(β=.429), other-awareness(β=.375). These variable factors explained community ability as 46.3%.CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that empathy, self-awareness, other-awareness are significant factors of communication ability of nursing students. Therefore, strategies to improve communication ability of nursing students should be developed with consideration for empathy, self-awareness, other-awareness.
