Do Higher Dispositions for Empathy Predispose Males Toward Careers in Nursing? A Descriptive Correlational Design

Penprase, Barbara; Oakley, Barbara; Ternes, Reuben; Driscoll, Dana Lynn

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“…Although this study did not use the JSE-HP-S, their observed improvement in empathy levels, and that females improve the most is consistent with our findings. In contrast, it should be noted that there are reported studies where a gender difference is not observed [43][44][45][46], and warnings that this has little real-life applicability [39].…”

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Student empathy levels across 12 medical and health professions: an interventional study

Williams

Brown

McKenna

et al. 2015

J of Compassionate Health Care

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Background: Empathy is a difficult characteristic to define, teach and assess; the 'nebulous' properties of empathic behaviour often means that educators fail to incorporate the explicit teaching and assessment of empathy within the curriculum. One solution suggested is that teaching empathy in an interprofessional education setting is an effective educational approach in developing empathic behaviours. Method: Student participants from Monash University, Deakin University, University of South Australia, and Edith Cowan University completed a self-reporting survey package pre and post two-hour empathy workshop consisting of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy -Health Profession -Student version (JSE-HP-S). Results: A total of 293 students from 12 different medical and health care professions participated in the empathy workshops. The majority of participants were from Monash University n = 230 (78 %), the nursing profession n = 59 (20 %), < 26 years of age n = 215 (73 %) and enrolled in first year studies n = 123 (42 %). Using a paired t-test repeated measure self-reported empathy levels improved at p < 0.0001, mean 114.34 vs. 120.32 (d = 0.22). Conclusion: This project has shown that self-reported empathy levels have been shown to statistically improve following DVD simulation-based workshops.

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Student empathy levels across 12 medical and health professions: an interventional study

Williams

Brown

McKenna

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J of Compassionate Health Care

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“…Conversely, men and women with higher levels of empathy are more likely to be drawn to people-orientation subject majors (e.g., nursing [Penprase, Oakley, Ternes, & Driscoll, 2014]). Further research is needed to unpack these effects over time to determine directions of effects, however.…”

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Empathy or science? Empathy explains physical science enrollment for men and women

Thomson

Wurtzburg

Centifanti

2015

Learning and Individual Differences

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Citation for published item:homsonD xFhF nd urtzurgD F nd gentifnti @n¡ ee wu£ nozAD vFgF @PHISA 9impthy or sienec impthy explins physil siene enrollment for men nd womenF9D verning nd individul di'erenesFD RH F ppF IISEIPHF Further information on publisher's website: httpXGGdxFdoiForgGIHFIHITGjFlindifFPHISFHRFHHQ Publisher's copyright statement: NOTICE: this is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Learning and Individual Dierences. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A denitive version was subsequently published in Learning and Individual Dierences, 40, May 2015, 10.1016/j.lindif.2015.003. Additional information:Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Those in the physical sciences work to understand relationships among non-social entities and this may come at a cost to their understanding of social relationships. Alternatively, it could be that those in the physical sciences differ in how comfortable they feel in social situations. Prior research had been confined to looking at differences between particular subject majors (e.g., humanities) and physical sciences, leaving open the possibility that people choosing subjects like psychology or biology might differ on empathy. University students (N=404) majoring in humanities, social science, life science, or physical science completed the Empathy Quotient (EQ). Confirmatory factor analysis showed threefactors of the EQ, and these were used in multinomial logistic regression. Empathy differences made a unique contribution to explaining subject major choice. We found that greater levels of empathy predicted membership in social and life sciences, while lower levels of empathy predicted physical sciences enrollment.

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“…The place of gender in the development of empathy has been examined by Penprase, Oakley, Ternes, and Driscoll (2012). In a study of 1,482 non-nursing students and 392 nursing students, female students achieved higher empathy scores than male students.…”

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In their shoes: An ontological perspective on empathy in nursing practice

McKinnon

2018

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and objectives To present an enquiry into empathy as part of nursing ontology. The work aims to improve understanding of how empathy is developed and used in practice. Background Empathy is the ability to grasp the frame of reference of another. As such, empathy is a key feature of nursing practice involving self‐awareness and the use of emotion in interpersonal understanding. Method As part of a larger study into the commonality of emotion in nursing, thirty‐three nurses across a range of settings talked exhaustively about their experiences with empathy in the context of their relationships with service users. The interviews were audio‐taped and transcribed verbatim. The transcripts were analysed using Grounded Theory Method. Results Empathy was experienced as a libidinal entity motivating care dependent on a number of allied skills which formed a process: listening and echoing, knowing another's circumstances, imagining and representing the imagined perception within the self. Empathy was viewed as a tool for person‐centred care with two distinct levels: phenomena related and biography related. Sensitivity to care context in the use of nurses’ life experience also enabled empathy in an emotional kinship. Person‐centred care and empowerment were inhibited where empathy could not be achieved. Discussion The findings confirm the place of empathy in the hierarchy of embodied nursing skills and add to the current bank of knowledge on the sharing of emotions and the value of emotion to professional judgement. Conclusion Empathy is a tool with which to ascertain the cognitive and emotional perspective of others. Empathy's libidinal properties mean that shared understanding enhances care. Emotional kinship means that life experience can be harnessed for empathy in practice. Relevance to clinical practice Insight into the ontology of empathy provides a basis for the construction of teaching tools and learning objects for character and skill development in practice.

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Do Higher Dispositions for Empathy Predispose Males Toward Careers in Nursing? A Descriptive Correlational Design

Abstract: Empathy plays a significant role in attracting men to a nursing career. Male nurses are not only caring individuals but also have high problem-solving skills in complex environments, demonstrating their strong systemizing characteristics to organize, plan, and implement care.

Cited by 26 publications

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Student empathy levels across 12 medical and health professions: an interventional study

Student empathy levels across 12 medical and health professions: an interventional study

Empathy or science? Empathy explains physical science enrollment for men and women

In their shoes: An ontological perspective on empathy in nursing practice

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