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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.10.358

Study on Self-esteem, Communication Skills, and Empathy in Junior College Students  

Lee, Inn-Sook (Department of Nursing, Gangdong University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.10, 2019 , pp. 358-365 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of self-esteem and communication skills on empathy in junior college students. A total of 253 students from a participated in the study. The data for the study were collected from March 11-21, 2019 via a questionnaire. Analyses including descriptive statistics, ANOVA, t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis were performed. Based on the general characteristics of the participants, the study results were as follows. Statistically significant differences were found in self-esteem depending on major, economic status, family relationship, and satisfaction with major. There were statistically significant differences in communication skills depending on major, family relationship, and satisfaction with major. Statistically significant differences were found in empathy depending on gender, academic year, major, and religion. There were positive correlations between self-esteem and communication skills, self-esteem and empathy, and communication skills and empathy. Furthermore, in terms of variables affecting empathy, 27.1% of the variation in empathy was explained by communication skills and gender. Based on these results, it is recommended that an effectual program is designed and applied to improve communication skills in order to enhance empathy in junior college students.
Keywords
Junior College Students; Self-Esteem; Communication Skills; Empathy;
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