Moral Sensitivity, Empathy and Prosocial Behavior: Implications for Humanization of Nursing Care
Humanization of nursing is related to certain social and moral variables. Moral sensitivity, empathy, and prosocial behavior help understand a situation and make decisions that benefit the patient. The objective of this study is to find out how these variables are related, and define the differences...
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| author | Suazo, Iván Pérez Fuentes, María Del Carmen Molero Jurado, María del Mar Martos Martínez, África Simón Márquez, María del Mar Barragán Martín, Ana Belén Sisto, María Gázquez Linares, José Jesús |
| author_facet | Suazo, Iván Pérez Fuentes, María Del Carmen Molero Jurado, María del Mar Martos Martínez, África Simón Márquez, María del Mar Barragán Martín, Ana Belén Sisto, María Gázquez Linares, José Jesús |
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| description | Humanization of nursing is related to certain social and moral variables. Moral sensitivity, empathy, and prosocial behavior help understand a situation and make decisions that benefit the patient. The objective of this study is to find out how these variables are related, and define the differences in moral sensitivity, empathy, and prosocial behavior in humanization of nursing. We also analyzed the mediating role of empathy in the relationship between moral sensitivity and prosocial behavior. The sample was made up of 330 Spanish nurses aged 22 to 56, who completed the HUMAS Scale and adapted versions of the Basic Empathy Scale, the Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire, and the Prosocial Behavior Scale. Descriptive analyses, bivariate correlations and multiple mediation models were calculated. The results found significantly different mean scores between all the groups in responsibility and moral strength, cognitive empathy, and prosocial behavior, and in moral burden, the differences were in the high-humanization-score group compared to the low-score group. Furthermore, the mediation models showed the mediating effect of cognitive empathy between the responsibility, strength, and moral burden factors on prosocial behavior, but not of affective empathy. The study concluded that humanization in nursing is closely related to moral sensitivity, cognitive empathy, and prosocial behavior. This facilitates a helping, caring, and understanding attitude toward patient needs, but without the affective flooding that affective empathy can lead to. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-90282023-04-12T19:43:52Z Moral Sensitivity, Empathy and Prosocial Behavior: Implications for Humanization of Nursing Care Suazo, Iván Pérez Fuentes, María Del Carmen Molero Jurado, María del Mar Martos Martínez, África Simón Márquez, María del Mar Barragán Martín, Ana Belén Sisto, María Gázquez Linares, José Jesús humanization moral sensitivity empathy prosocial behavior nursing care Humanization of nursing is related to certain social and moral variables. Moral sensitivity, empathy, and prosocial behavior help understand a situation and make decisions that benefit the patient. The objective of this study is to find out how these variables are related, and define the differences in moral sensitivity, empathy, and prosocial behavior in humanization of nursing. We also analyzed the mediating role of empathy in the relationship between moral sensitivity and prosocial behavior. The sample was made up of 330 Spanish nurses aged 22 to 56, who completed the HUMAS Scale and adapted versions of the Basic Empathy Scale, the Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire, and the Prosocial Behavior Scale. Descriptive analyses, bivariate correlations and multiple mediation models were calculated. The results found significantly different mean scores between all the groups in responsibility and moral strength, cognitive empathy, and prosocial behavior, and in moral burden, the differences were in the high-humanization-score group compared to the low-score group. Furthermore, the mediation models showed the mediating effect of cognitive empathy between the responsibility, strength, and moral burden factors on prosocial behavior, but not of affective empathy. The study concluded that humanization in nursing is closely related to moral sensitivity, cognitive empathy, and prosocial behavior. This facilitates a helping, caring, and understanding attitude toward patient needs, but without the affective flooding that affective empathy can lead to. 2020-12-09T09:56:22Z 2020-12-09T09:56:22Z 2020-11-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1660-4601 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/9028 en https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/23/8914 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | humanization moral sensitivity empathy prosocial behavior nursing care Suazo, Iván Pérez Fuentes, María Del Carmen Molero Jurado, María del Mar Martos Martínez, África Simón Márquez, María del Mar Barragán Martín, Ana Belén Sisto, María Gázquez Linares, José Jesús Moral Sensitivity, Empathy and Prosocial Behavior: Implications for Humanization of Nursing Care |
| title | Moral Sensitivity, Empathy and Prosocial Behavior: Implications for Humanization of Nursing Care |
| title_full | Moral Sensitivity, Empathy and Prosocial Behavior: Implications for Humanization of Nursing Care |
| title_fullStr | Moral Sensitivity, Empathy and Prosocial Behavior: Implications for Humanization of Nursing Care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Moral Sensitivity, Empathy and Prosocial Behavior: Implications for Humanization of Nursing Care |
| title_short | Moral Sensitivity, Empathy and Prosocial Behavior: Implications for Humanization of Nursing Care |
| title_sort | moral sensitivity, empathy and prosocial behavior: implications for humanization of nursing care |
| topic | humanization moral sensitivity empathy prosocial behavior nursing care |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/9028 |
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