Predictors of empathy in women social workers

Stanley, Selwyn; Buvaneswari, G. Mettilda; Meenakshi, A

doi:10.1177/1468017318794280

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“…Similarly, interacting and knowing the vulnerability of Rajan's parents (more vulnerable) made him more empathetic, and increase his connection with the society at large. This fits with the findings from a previous study that highlighted this argument-sharing and expressing emotions (and vulnerabilities) could make people more empathetic [60]. Such increased social empathy could also be a positive response to the pandemic (and lockdown).…”

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A cross-sectional study of psychological wellbeing of Indian adults during the Covid-19 lockdown: Different strokes for different folks

Sharma

Subramanyam

2020

PLoS ONE

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The psychological impacts of the lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic are widely documented. In India, a family-centric society with a high population density and extreme social stratification, the impact of the lockdown might vary across diverse social groups. However, the patterning in the psychological impact of the lockdown among LGBT adults and persons known to be at higher risk of the complications of Covid-19 (such as persons with comorbidities or a history of mental illness) is not known in the Indian context. We used mixed methods (online survey, n = 282 and in-depth interviews, n = 14) to investigate whether the psychological influence of the lockdown was different across these groups of Indian adults. We fitted linear and logistic regression models adjusted for sociodemographic covariates. Thematic analysis helped us identify emergent themes in our qualitative narratives. Anxiety was found to be higher among LGBT adults (β = 2.44, CI: 0.58, 4.31), the high-risk group (persons with comorbidities) (β = 2.20, CI:0.36, 4.05), and those with a history of depression/loneliness (β = 3.89, CI:2.34, 5.44). Persons belonging to the LGBT group reported a greater usage of pornography than the heterosexuals (β = 2.72, CI: 0.09, 5.36) during the lockdown. Qualitative findings suggested that LGBT adults likely used pornography and masturbation to cope with the lockdown, given the limited physical access to sexual partners in a society that stigmatizes homosexuality. Moreover, both qualitative and quantitative study findings suggested that greater frequency of calling family members during lockdown could strengthen social relationships and increase social empathy. The study thereby urgently calls for the attention of policymakers to take sensitive and inclusive health-related decisions for the marginalized and the vulnerable, both during and after the crisis.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

A cross-sectional study of psychological wellbeing of Indian adults during the Covid-19 lockdown: Different strokes for different folks

Sharma

Subramanyam

2020

PLoS ONE

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“…Teaching techniques and classroom methodologies familiarize social workers to empathetic skills [55]. In a study, among social work students, the results suggest that empathetic modeling from professors and field supervisors enhance social work students' empathy.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Age, self-reflection, appraisal, and emotions' expressions were associated with women's social workers empathy. Social workers had a higher score of empathy whenever they had previous work experience [55]. Additionally, there are studies that support that being female is associated with higher levels of empathy [56,57].…”

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The Role of Empathy in Health and Social Care Professionals

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The current article is an integrative and analytical literature review on the concept and meaning of empathy in health and social care professionals. Empathy, i.e., the ability to understand the personal experience of the patient without bonding with them, constitutes an important communication skill for a health professional, one that includes three dimensions: the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral. It has been proven that health professionals with high levels of empathy operate more efficiently as to the fulfillment of their role in eliciting therapeutic change. The empathetic professional comprehends the needs of the health care users, as the latter feel safe to express the thoughts and problems that concern them. Although the importance of empathy is undeniable, a significantly high percentage of health professionals seem to find it difficult to adopt a model of empathetic communication in their everyday practice. Some of the factors that negatively influence the development of empathy are the high number of patients that professionals have to manage, the lack of adequate time, the focus on therapy within the existing academic culture, but also the lack of education in empathy. Developing empathetic skills should not only be the underlying objective in the teaching process of health and social care undergraduate students, but also the subject of the lifelong and continuous education of professionals.

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“…Zewdie, Tsion, Mirkuzie, & Sudhakar [31] reported that being minority is a significant predictor of empathy while gender is not. Age is also reported as a significant predictor of the empathy, which may stand for grade level in this study, in Stanley, Buvaneswari, & Meenakshi's [32] studies which aimed to identify predictors of empathy in women social workers [28].…”

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Examining and Predicting Ethnocultural Empathy of Preservice Classroom Teachers

Tutkun¹

2019

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This study aims to define and examine ethnocultural empathy level of preservice classroom teachers. The research design of this study was non-experimental and causal-comparative, which seeks to find relationships between independent and dependent variables after an action or event occurred. Participants were 434 preservice classroom teachers studying in Primary School Education Programme in the Department of Elementary Education at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in the academic year of 2017-2018. Turkish version of The Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy (TSEE), which was initially developed by Wang, et al. [1] and then adopted to Turkish language by Özdikmenli-Demir & Demir [2] was conducted to measure ethnocultural empathy level of preservice classroom teachers. Results showed that ethnocultural empathy level of preservice teachers differed by gender, grade level, ethnic origin, family income and place of growth. Only three predictors; 'being experienced in multicultural environments', 'grade level' and 'being in the majority group' showed significance in the regression equation in this study.

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Predictors of empathy in women social workers

Cited by 15 publications

References 63 publications

A cross-sectional study of psychological wellbeing of Indian adults during the Covid-19 lockdown: Different strokes for different folks

A cross-sectional study of psychological wellbeing of Indian adults during the Covid-19 lockdown: Different strokes for different folks

The Role of Empathy in Health and Social Care Professionals

Examining and Predicting Ethnocultural Empathy of Preservice Classroom Teachers

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