Numerous interventions propose mindfulness training as a means of improving empathy. Our aim is to analyse the relationship between mindfulness practice and empathy through the mediating process of trait mindfulness. This sample comprised 264 undergraduate students (
, SD = 11,39). The instruments used were Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire and Toronto Empathy Questionnaire. The indirect effect was calculated using 10.000 bootstrap samples for the bootstrap confidence intervals corrected for bias. Empathy improvement is mediated by changes in the cognitions derived from mindfulness (B = .346, p<.01). The direct effect of mindfulness practice on empathy disappears in presence of this mediator (B = .133, p>.05). Mindfulness interventions that aim to improve empathy should focus on three of its components;
observing
,
describing and nonreactivity to inner experience
. Given the significance of the results, the research must be extended to larger samples.
La presente investigación tiene como objetivo proponer un modelo de medición de responsabilidad social universitaria. Se aplicó una encuesta a estudiantes, docentes y empleados de la Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo, mediante un cuestionario adaptado del desarrollado por URSULA e incluye la metodología de cálculo de indicadores de responsabilidad social desarrollada por Hornungová (2014), se utilizó la matriz de autodiagnóstico RSU – URSULA (Vallaeys et al., 2021) para obtener información de las autoridades y directivos de la UTEQ. Los resultados señalan un desempeño medio y alta fiabilidad del instrumento de medición. En conclusión, el modelo puede ser utilizado por la universidad.
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