RT Article
T1 Empathizing and systemizing profiles of Brazilian and Portuguese nursing undergraduates
JF Nursing ethics
VO 27
IS 1
SP 221
OP 229
A1 Souza, Mirella Castelhano
A1 Mendes, Isabel Amélia Costa
A1 Martins, José Carlos Amado
A1 de Godoy, Simone
A1 Souza-Junior, Valtuir Duarte
A1 Trevizan, Maria Auxiliadora
A1 Santos, Sara Soares dos
A1 de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Nunes
A1 Ventura, Maria Clara Amado Apóstolo
A1 Ventura, Carla Aparecida Arena
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1779458762
AB Aim:To analyze the empathizing and systemizing profiles of Brazilian and Portuguese nursing undergraduates.Background:Empathy is a fundamental skill for nursing practice and should be analyzed during the student’s education.Methods:Descriptive study with cross-sectional design. Participants were 968 undergraduate students, including 215 (22.2%) Brazilians from a university in the state of São Paulo and 753 (77.8%) Portuguese students from a higher education institution in central Portugal. The Portuguese and Brazilian versions of the Empathizing/Systemizing Quotient have good internal consistency and reliability.Ethical considerations:In Brazil, approval for the study was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing (protocol 191/2016) and in Portugal, from the Ethics Committee of the Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, Coimbra Higher School of Nursing (protocol P362-09/2016).Results:Most (86%) participants were female and aged between 20 and 24 years. In the general profile analysis between both groups, the domains “Social Skills,” “Contents,” and “Processes” scored higher. Gender differences exist for the feeling of empathy and systemizing, as women scored better on the short version of the Empathy Quotient and men on the Systemizing Quotient.Conclusion:As demonstrated in the domain scores for “Social Skills,” “Contents,” and “Processes,” the undergraduate nursing students analyzed have the ability to deal intuitively and spontaneously with social situations; they are also characterized as methodical people, who like to follow rules, and experience practice better than theory, and the women have a higher empathetic level than men, who in turn are more systemizing.
K1 Students
K1 Systemizing Quotient
K1 Nursing
K1 Interpersonal Relations
K1 Empathy
DO 10.1177/0969733019833132