Fatigue, Pro-Social Attitude and Quality of Life as Predictors of Empathy in Medical and Social-Oriented Students
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Procedure and Participants
2.2. Methods
- (1)
- “How do you assess the value of yourself?” with possible answers from 0 (“I am not important, others are more important than me”) to 10 (“I am more important than others);
- (2)
- “If you help someone selflessly, how much pleasure does it generally give you?” from 0 (no pleasure at all) to 10 (enormous pleasure);
- (3)
- “How do you estimate the quality of your life?” from 0 (“I am very dissatisfied with my life”) to 10 (“I am very satisfied with my life”).
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Students (N; %) | |
---|---|
Age (in years) | |
18–20 | 634 (37%) |
21–23 | 825 (49%) |
24 and above | 236 (14%) |
Gender (N; %) | |
Female | 1366 (81%) |
Male | 319 (19%) |
Type of University | |
Medical university | 1001 (59%) |
University | 700 (41%) |
Year of Studies | |
First-year | 472 (28%) |
Second-year | 323 (19%) |
Third-year | 292 (17%) |
Fourth-year | 311 (18%) |
Fifth-year | 297 (18%) |
Type of Studies | |
Full-time studies | 1665 (98%) |
Extramural studies | 34 (2%) |
Combining Studies with Work | |
Only studying | 869 (51%) |
Additional work during studies | 820 (49%) |
Coefficient | Estimate β | t | p |
---|---|---|---|
Stress (PSS-10) | −0.01 | −0.37 | 0.71 |
Fatigue (CHFQ) | −0.06 | −2.34 | 0.01 |
Quality of life | 0.14 | 4.96 | 0.000001 |
Social self-esteem | −0.09 | −3.79 | 0.0001 |
The pleasure of helping others | 0.29 | 12.5 | 0.0000001 |
Gender | 0.17 | 7.64 | 0.0000001 |
Medical University Students (N = 1001) M (SD) | University Students (N = 700) M (SD) | t | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Stress | 20.17 (10.32) | 19.64 (7.27) | 1.20 | 0.23 |
Fatigue | 16.61 (5.98) | 14.73 (5.93) | 6.45 | 0.0000001 |
Quality of life | 6.71 (2.00) | 6.53 (2.24) | 1.75 | 0.07 |
Social self-esteem | 5.98 (1.94) | 5.75 (1.88) | 2.57 | 0.01 |
Pleasure of helping others | 8.39 (1.48) | 8.33 (1.51) | 0.76 | 0.44 |
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Zdun-Ryżewska, A.; Sobczak, K.; Rudnik, A. Fatigue, Pro-Social Attitude and Quality of Life as Predictors of Empathy in Medical and Social-Oriented Students. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 15853. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315853
Zdun-Ryżewska A, Sobczak K, Rudnik A. Fatigue, Pro-Social Attitude and Quality of Life as Predictors of Empathy in Medical and Social-Oriented Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(23):15853. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315853
Chicago/Turabian StyleZdun-Ryżewska, Agata, Krzysztof Sobczak, and Agata Rudnik. 2022. "Fatigue, Pro-Social Attitude and Quality of Life as Predictors of Empathy in Medical and Social-Oriented Students" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 23: 15853. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315853