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dc.contributor.author | Triffaux, Jean-Marc | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tisseron, Serge | - |
dc.contributor.author | Nasello, Julian A. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-04T12:16:07Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-05-04T12:16:07Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023-04 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Triffaux, J.-M., Tisseron, S., Nasello, J. A. (2023). Medical students’ empathy during the COVID-19 pandemic : a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Emotional Education, 15(1), 73-88. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/108542 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Several authors have underlined the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in several populations, including medical students, such as increases in anxiety, depression and burnout symptoms. Furthermore, previous studies showed that anxiety and depressive symptoms are positively associated with affective empathy and negatively associated with cognitive empathy. Given the adverse pandemic effects highlighted by several authors, the present study sought to determine whether medical students’ empathy has been potentially impacted, with higher affective empathy and lower cognitive empathy score in the pandemic cohort compared to pre-pandemic cohorts. Medical students (n = 395) were recruited during the COVID-19 pandemic and completed the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) and the Basic Empathy Scale (BES). This cohort was then compared with two pre-pandemic cohorts (one used the BES [n = 1168], and the other used the IRI [n = 342]). Similar results were found on both scales: the pandemic cohort displayed significantly higher scores in affective empathy and personal distress (affective empathy domain) and, surprisingly, significant higher scores in cognitive empathy, fantasy, and perspective-taking (cognitive empathy domains). As stressed by previous studies, we posited that the higher scores in affective empathy, personal distress, and fantasy might indicate emotional difficulties. The paper concludes with the identification of empathy components that should be promoted in the curriculum of medical students. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | University of Malta. Centre for Resilience & Socio-Emotional Health | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Medical education | en_GB |
dc.subject | Medical students | en_GB |
dc.subject | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Influence | en_GB |
dc.subject | Empathy | en_GB |
dc.title | Medical students’ empathy during the COVID-19 pandemic : a cross-sectional study | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.56300/LEEG4898 | - |
dc.publication.title | International Journal of Emotional Education | en_GB |
Appears in Collections: | IJEE, Volume 15 Issue 1 IJEE, Volume 15 Issue 1 |
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