Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Objective: To determine if resilience can predict empathy. Specifically, explain what would be the effect of the resilience dimen-sions on the dimensions of empathy in the nursing students examined in this study. Methods: Cross-sectional study with the participation of 340 nursing students from a private university in Colombia. Jefferson's Empathy Scale (student version) and the Resilience-Trait Scale were used. The complete psychometry of the Empathy and Resilience scales was carried out, followed by the application of Structural Equations. Results: Ecological Resilience predicts negatively the dimensions of "Compassionate Care" (β = -0.11) and "Walking in the pa-tient's shoes" (β = -0.19); the Engineering Resilience predicts positively the dimension "Walking in the patient's shoes" (β = 0.08). Conclusion: Overall, resilience predicts empathy, thereby, introducing empathetic training of nursing students in the population stud-ied must also include training in resilience.
Authors: Universidad Andrés Bello, Víctor P. Díaz Narváez, Kendy Madero Zambrano, Corporación Universitaria Rafael Núñez, Natalia Fortich Mesa, Corporación Universitaria Rafael Núñez, Vivi Hoyos Hoyos, Corporación Universitaria Rafael Núñez, Lindsey W. Vilca Quiro, Universidad Señor de Sipán, Alejandro Reyes Reyes, Universidad Santo Tomás, Fernando Reyes Reyes, Universidad del Desarrollo, José Gamarra Moncayo, Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410286359