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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2016.7.6.081

Converging Influence of Empathy and Prejudice against Mental Illness on Discriminatory Behavior toward the Mentally Illness Patients in the Nursing Students  

Moon, Weon-Hee (Department of Nursing Science, Pai Chai University)
Kwon, Myoungjin (Department of Nursing Science, Daejeon University)
Kim, Young-Hee (Department of Nursing Science, Daejeon Institution of Science and Technology)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.7, no.6, 2016 , pp. 81-88 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is descriptive correlational research to analyze converging influence of empathy and prejudice on discriminatory behavior toward the mentally illness patients in the nursing students. Research objects are 175 students of department of nursing and who understand purpose of this study and agree with participate in this study. Collected Data were analyzed t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, Linear Regression by IBM SPSS 21.0 program. As a result empathy increased prejudice and discriminatory behavior on mentally illness patients was reduced. And prejudice against mentally illness patients was increased discriminatory behavior. In addition, factors that affect the discriminatory behavior of the mentally illness patients are gender, prejudice and empathy. In order to reduce prejudice and discriminatory behavior on mentally illness patients of nursing college students suggest that brief training program and the need for promoting empathy in the nursing curriculum.
Keywords
Empathy; prejudice; discriminatory behavior; mentally illness; nursing student;
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