Current status of nurses' positive empathy and its correlation with positive emotions
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20200922-05477
- VernacularTitle:护士积极共情水平现状及与正性情绪的相关性研究
- Author:
Jinjin LU
1
;
Juan DENG
;
Hangdan XIA
;
Ran WEI
;
Yuexi WU
;
Huigeng SUN
Author Information
1. 海军军医大学基础医学院，上海 200433
- Keywords:
Nurses;
Positive empathy;
Positive emotions;
Influencing factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2021;27(18):2387-2393
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To understand the status of nurses' positive empathy and positive emotions, and to clarify the relationship between nurses' positive empathy and positive emotions, and to explore the role of positive empathy in promoting nurses' professional mental health.Methods:This study was a cross-sectional study. From June to November 2019, convenience sampling was adopted to select 568 nurses from 8 hospitals in Shanghai and Jiangsu Province to conduct a questionnaire survey. The questionnaire included the nurses' general information questionnaire, Chinese version of Positive Empathy Scale (PES) , Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) , Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professionals (JSE-HP) , Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) , and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) . Single factor analysis, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis were used to analyze the influencing factors and the relationship between nurses' positive empathy and positive emotions. A total of 568 questionnaires were distributed and 568 were received, of which 488 were valid questionnaires, with an effective response rate of 85.9%.Results:Among 488 nurses, the scores of positive empathy, positive emotion, negative emotion, empathy ability, and PCQ were (24.56±6.58) , (29.21±6.86) , (21.52±6.70) , (108.61±16.32) and (101.95±15.95) respectively, and the scores of positive coping and negative coping were averaged (3.06±0.52) and (2.32±0.61) respectively. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that positive empathy, hope, optimism, number of children, positive coping, self-efficacy, and monthly income were positive influencing factors of positive emotions (adjusted R2=0.383, F=43.939, P<0.05) . Conclusions:Positive empathy is an important factor influencing the positive emotions of nurses, and it is of great significance for maintaining nurses' professional mental health. In the future, it is necessary to further explore the mechanism of positive empathy affecting nurses' professional mental health.
