The impact of affective and cognitive empathy on stress in medical students.

IF 1.5 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psicologia-Reflexao E Critica Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI:10.1186/s41155-024-00336-9

Madson Alan Maximiano-Barreto, Julia Leles Bueno, Mariana Leles Bueno, Victor Oliveira Wercelens, Julia Guimarães Mauad Ydy, Roberta Perfeito Abrahim, Jed Montayre, Késia Maria Maximiano de Melo

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Abstract

Objective: To analyze the relationship between empathy and its domains (i.e., affective and cognitive) and stress in medical students.

Methods: An online cross-sectional study with 543 medical students as respondents divided in three groups: pre-clinical cycle (n = 173), clinical cycle (n = 197), and internship (n = 173). The participants completed the sociodemographic questionnaire, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index, and the Perceived stress scale.

Results: The participants were mostly female (71.5%) with an average age of 23.54 (± 4.54) years old. Medical students in the clinical cycle, when compared to the ones in their pre-clinical cycle and internship, showed higher stress levels. Pre-clinical students presented higher levels of total empathy and its affective domain. The highest levels of empathy, especially affective empathy, were associated with higher stress levels in all three groups. Regarding cognitive empathy, there was no observed association with stress among the groups.

Conclusions: The levels of empathy and its affective domain correlated significantly with the stress indicators among students of different cycles (i.e., pre-clinical, clinical cycle, and internship).

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Psicologia-Reflexao E Critica PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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期刊介绍： Psicologia: Reflexão & Crítica is a journal published three times a year by Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento (Psychology Graduate Program) of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul). Its objective is to publish original works in the psychology field: articles, short reports on research and reviews as well as to present to the scientific community texts which reflect a significant contribution for the psychology field. The short title of the journal is Psicol. Refl. Crít. It must be used regarding bibliographies, footnotes, as well as bibliographical strips and references.