Empathy of medical students and personality : evidences from the five factor model

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Main Author: Magalhães, Eunice
Publication Date: 2012
Other Authors: Costa, Manuel João, Costa, Patrício Soares
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: The main aim of this study was to test hypothetical associations between personality dimensions and empathy scores in medical students. The Portuguese version of NEO-FFI was administered in order to characterize participants in terms of five personality traits: Neuroticism, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness. Self-reported empathy measures were obtained with the Portuguese version of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE-spv), a Likert-type questionnaire specifically developed for administration in health sciences settings that measures domains such as compassionate care and perspective taking. Correlation analysis, multivariate analysis of covariance and logistic regression analysis were conducted. The results confirmed positive associations between agreeableness, openness to experience and empathy and did not support our hypothesis of negative associations between neuroticism and empathy. It is suggested that that the personality of students should be taken into account in programs to enhance empathy in undergraduate medical education.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Empathy of medical students and personality : evidences from the five factor model
title Empathy of medical students and personality : evidences from the five factor model
spellingShingle Empathy of medical students and personality : evidences from the five factor model
Magalhães, Eunice
Personality of medical students
Empathy cross-sectional studies
Undergraduate Medical Education
Portugal
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
title_short Empathy of medical students and personality : evidences from the five factor model
title_full Empathy of medical students and personality : evidences from the five factor model
title_fullStr Empathy of medical students and personality : evidences from the five factor model
title_full_unstemmed Empathy of medical students and personality : evidences from the five factor model
title_sort Empathy of medical students and personality : evidences from the five factor model
author Magalhães, Eunice
author_facet Magalhães, Eunice
Costa, Manuel João
Costa, Patrício Soares
author_role author
author2 Costa, Manuel João
Costa, Patrício Soares
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Magalhães, Eunice
Costa, Manuel João
Costa, Patrício Soares
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Personality of medical students
Empathy cross-sectional studies
Undergraduate Medical Education
Portugal
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
topic Personality of medical students
Empathy cross-sectional studies
Undergraduate Medical Education
Portugal
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
description The main aim of this study was to test hypothetical associations between personality dimensions and empathy scores in medical students. The Portuguese version of NEO-FFI was administered in order to characterize participants in terms of five personality traits: Neuroticism, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness. Self-reported empathy measures were obtained with the Portuguese version of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE-spv), a Likert-type questionnaire specifically developed for administration in health sciences settings that measures domains such as compassionate care and perspective taking. Correlation analysis, multivariate analysis of covariance and logistic regression analysis were conducted. The results confirmed positive associations between agreeableness, openness to experience and empathy and did not support our hypothesis of negative associations between neuroticism and empathy. It is suggested that that the personality of students should be taken into account in programs to enhance empathy in undergraduate medical education.
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