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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Moral Sensitivity, Empathy and Prosocial Behavior: Implications for Humanization of Nursing Care.

Iván Suazo, María Del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes, María Del Mar Molero Jurado, África Martos Martínez, María Del Mar Simón Márquez, Ana Belén Barragán Martín, Maria Sisto, José Jesús Gázquez Linares

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Iván SuazoFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Providencia 7500912, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-1689-1632
María Del Carmen Pérez-FuentesDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5950-5175
María Del Mar Molero JuradoDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9187-1474
África Martos MartínezDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6794-3906
María Del Mar Simón MárquezDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain.
Ana Belén Barragán MartínDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8936-0245
Maria SistoDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain.
José Jesús Gázquez LinaresFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Providencia 7500912, Chile.
University of Almería · ESUniversidad Autónoma de Chile · CLUniversidad Politécnica y Artística del Paraguay · PY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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AltruismEmpathyAdultHumansMiddle AgedMoralsSocial BehaviorSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adultempathyhumanizationmoral sensitivitynursing careprosocial behavior

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