Empathy (non)erosion: a cross-sectional study of empathy levels and trait emotional intelligence in Slovak medical students

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dc.contributor.authorGalasová, Miroslava
dc.contributor.authorOndrík Andreánska, Nikola
dc.contributor.authorKonečná, Lucia
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-27T09:34:56Z
dc.date.available2026-01-27T09:34:56Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionIn: Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. Ostrava : Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, 2025. ISSN 2336-3517. Roč. 16, č. 4 (2025), s. 2287-2296.
dc.description.abstractAim: Empathy is a vital component of medical and nursing practice. However, research on empathy erosion among healthcare students has produced mixed findings, potentially due to measurement-related limitations. This study is the first to examine empathy erosion among Slovak medical students within the framework of trait emotional intelligence (TEI). Design: Quantitative, correlational-comparative, cross-sectional study. Methods: Data were collected from 545 medical students across all six years of study (57% women; Mage = 22.3, SDage = 2.1) via an online questionnaire assessing empathy (Empathy Quotient; EQ) and trait emotional intelligence (TEIQue–SF). ANOVA was used to compare empathy and TEI across study years, followed by correlational and linear regression analyses to explore the relationships between empathy and TEI. Results: No significant differences in empathy or TEI were observed across study years. Female students scored higher in empathy. TEI and its factors were significant predictors of EQ, explaining 14% and 36% of the variance in empathy scores, respectively. Conclusion: The findings indicate that empathy, TEI, and its factors do not vary significantly across the demanding years of medical training. These results highlight the importance of careful selection of measurement tools when assessing psychological constructs.
dc.description.sponsorshipAPVV-16-0153 Kognitívne zlyhania - individuálne prediktory a možnosti intervencie Ina UK/1015/2025 Behaviorálna a medzimozgová synchrónnosť vo vzťahoch bezpečného pripútania dospelých
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.15452/cejnm.2025.16.0020
dc.identifier.issn2336-3517
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.umb.sk/handle/123456789/1225
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOstravská univerzita v Ostravě
dc.rightsCC BY-NC Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0. International
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectempatia
dc.subjectempathy
dc.subjectlekárstvo
dc.subjectmedicína
dc.subjectmedicine
dc.subjectštudenti
dc.subjectstudents
dc.subjectčrtová emocionálna inteligencia
dc.subjecttrait emotional intelligence
dc.titleEmpathy (non)erosion: a cross-sectional study of empathy levels and trait emotional intelligence in Slovak medical students
dc.typeArticle
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article

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