Psychoanalysis.  2009 Oct;20(2):118-124.

Empathy in Korean Psychiatric Residents

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyunghee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2Kyunghee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract


OBJECTIVES
This study investigated the relationship between empathy and grades, marital status and personality in psychiatric residents.
METHODS
We sent questionnaire packages to total of five hundred ninety two psychiatric residents in eighty two psychiatric residency training hospitals, which include sociodemographic data, Jefferson Scale of Empathy, HP-version, Korean edition (JSE-HP-K), and Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI).
RESULTS
The 4th-year residents had significantly higher scores on the JSE-HP-K than 1st-year residents. The marital status and empathy had significant correlation. The married showed significantly higher scores on the JSEHP-K. There were no significant differences in empathy with regard to age, sex, motivation toward medical science and club activity. The authors found no significant correlation between the subscales of the TCI and JSE-HP-K score.
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that empathy is associated with marital status and psychiatry residency program contributes incrementally to empathy for residents.

Keyword

Empathy; Temperament; Characteristics; Marital status; Psychiatry residents

MeSH Terms

Empathy
Internship and Residency
Marital Status
Motivation
Questionnaires
Temperament
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