Empatía y funcionamiento familiar en estudiantes de medicina de la Universidad de Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador

Objective: To explore the distribution of general and particular levels of empathy among the different family functioning styles of medical students of the University of Azuay in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. Materials and methods: Exploratory and cross-sectional study. Student empathy levels were me...

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Published in:Salud Uninorte 2022-01, Vol.36 (3), p.571-586
Main Authors: Dávila Pontón, Yolanda, Díaz-Narváez, Víctor Patricio, Vélez Calvo, Ximena, Celleri Gomezcoello, Ambar, Aguilera Muñoz, Juan, Calzadilla Núñez, Aracelis, Reyes Reyes, Alejandro, Torres Martínez, Pilar
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Language:English
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Summary:Objective: To explore the distribution of general and particular levels of empathy among the different family functioning styles of medical students of the University of Azuay in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. Materials and methods: Exploratory and cross-sectional study. Student empathy levels were measured through the Jefferson Medical Empathy Scale, S-version in Spanish and family functioning through the Family Functioning Scale Faces-20 in a sample of 278 medical students. The comparison of data was carried out by means of analysis of bifactorial variance model III. The level of significance used was ?? 0.05 and 1- ? ? 0.20. Results: The analysis of the general empathy variance was significant (p 0.05). On the other hand, it was found that extreme family functioning styles have empathy values ??greater than the intermediate style, with significant differences between them (p
ISSN:0120-5552
2011-7531
DOI:10.14482/sun.36.3.152.41