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Predictors of Empathy for Nursing Students

간호대학생의 공감능력에 영향을 미치는 요인

  • Yeo, Hyun-Ju (Division of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu)
  • 여현주 (대구가톨릭대학교 간호학과)
  • Received : 2016.11.25
  • Accepted : 2017.01.06
  • Published : 2017.01.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to establish an intervention strategy for nursing students' empathic ability enhancement by confirming the degree of empathy ability of nursing students to confirm the relationship between empathy ability and diversity acceptance, emotion recognition clarity, and other person' s recognition. The subjects were 173 nursing students. Data were collected as a self-report questionnaire consisting of general characteristics, diversity acceptability, emotional clarity, other-awareness, and empathy. We carried out t-test, ANOVA, Scheff's test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression using IBM SPSS Statistics 19. The results show that there was a significant difference in empathy ability according to the general characteristics of the subjects according to academic year and practice experience, and empathy was statistically significant according to academic year, diversity acceptability, emotional clarity, and other-awareness. Factors influencing empathy ability of nursing students were academic year, diversity acceptability, emotional clarity and other-awareness, and these variables explained empathy ability as 51.9%. In order to improve empathy ability of nursing students based on these results, we should adopt a nursing education program that can accept subjects with various backgrounds and clearly recognize emotions in a therapeutic setting.

본 연구는 간호대학생의 공감능력 정도를 알아보고 공감능력과 다양성 수용도, 정서인식명확성, 타인인식 간의 관계를 확인하여 간호대학생의 공감능력 증진을 위한 중재 전략을 구축하기 위해 시도되었다. 대상자는 173명의 간호대학생이었고, 자료는 일반적 특성과 다양성 수용, 정서인식명확성, 타인인식 및 공감능력으로 구성된 자가보고식 설문지로 수집하였다. IBM SPSS 19.0 프로그램을 이용하여 수집된 자료의 t-test, ANOVA, $scheff{\acute{e}}^{\prime}s$ test, pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression의 방법으로 분석하였다. 연구 결과 대상자의 일반적 특성에 따른 공감능력은 학년, 실습경험에 따라 유의한 차이가 있었고, 공감능력은 학년, 다양성 수용도, 정서인식명확성, 타인인식에 따라 유의한 통계적 차이가 있었다. 간호대학생의 공감능력에 영향을 미치는 요인은 학년, 다양성 수용도, 정서인식명확성 및 타인인식으로, 이들 변인은 공감능력을 51.9%로 설명하였다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 간호대학생의 공감능력을 향상시키기 위해 다양한 배경을 가진 대상자를 수용하고 다른 사람의 내면에 초점을 두며, 치료적 관계 안에서 자신의 정서를 명확히 인식할 수 있는 간호 교육과 프로그램을 개발하고 이를 적용해 볼 것을 제안한다.

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