University Nursing Students' Empathic Ability and Cultural Competency

Cho, Mi Kyoung; Shin, I Na; Lee, Yea JIn; Lee, Ji Hyo; Jang, Eun-Hye; Jeong, Hye Rin; Min, Kyoungseon

doi:10.16952/pns.2015.12.2.106

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“…Lee and Lee 1) also found that empathic ability was correlated with cultural knowledge and skill. Along with the results of other studies, this study confirmed that critical thinking and empathic ability were basic elements of cultural competency 1,12,15,16) .…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Empathic ability was related to cultural awareness, sensitivity, skills, and experience. Cho et al 15) observed correlations between cultural awareness, sensitivity, and experience. Lee and Lee 1) also found that empathic ability was correlated with cultural knowledge and skill.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…cultural competency 5,6,15,16,24) . However, the present study did not observe a particular difference based on the level of foreign language skill.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Empathic ability, which refers to the ability to understand and share one's thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and experiences, is based on cultural sensitivity, a sub-domain of cultural competency; it has also been identified as a factor that influences cultural competence [14][15][16] .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effects of Critical Thinking Disposition and Empathy on Cultural Competency in Dental Hygiene Students

Hwang

Han

2018

J Dent Hyg Sci

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This study investigated the effects of critical thinking and empathy on the cultural competence of dental hygienists and students. A total of 529 dental hygiene students were randomly sampled and included as subjects. PASW Statistics for Windows ver. 18.0 was used to obtain the following results. Among the critical thinking sub-domains, cognitive integration was the highest and the lowest. Empathic ability had the highest acceptance factor among the sub-domains. Cultural competence was the highest among the sub-domains, while cultural knowledge was the lowest. According to their general characteristics, subject age, grade, religion, and economic level influenced the cultural capacity. Cultural awareness and sensitivity were high when there were foreign visiting experiences. Cultural awareness, sensitivity, skills, and knowledge were high when subjects had experienced multicultural education (p＜0.05). Cultural awareness, sensitivity, skill, experience, and knowledge were correlated with critical thinking and cultural competence, among which cultural sensitivity showed the highest correlation (p＜0.001). There was a correlation between cultural awareness and sensitivity, skill, and experience among the empathy and cultural competency sub-domains (p＜0.001). The factors influencing cultural awareness included intellectual integration, openness, prudence, and perspective-taking (p＜0.001). The factors influencing cultural sensitivity included intellectual integration, openness, and empathic concern (p＜0.001). The factors influencing cultural skill included intellectual integration, creativity, and conductivity (p＜0.001). The factors influencing cultural experience included prudence, objectivity, perspective-taking, and personal distress (p＜0.001). Finally, the factors influencing cultural knowledge included creativity and conductivity (p＜0.001). The results indicate that dental hygiene students should be equipped with cultural competence to enhance critical thinking and empathy required by the modern society and optimized dental hygiene courses should be provided for multicultural subjects.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…cultural competency 5,6,15,16,24) . However, the present study did not observe a particular difference based on the level of foreign language skill.…”

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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