SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MEDICAL EMPATHY IN IRANIAN AND ENGLISH MEDICAL STUDENTS: A COMPARATIVE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY

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TAHERI AZADEH; SOHEILI FARIBA; POURSHAHRIARI MAHSIMA

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Journal: Shenakht Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry Year:2017 | Volume:4 | Issue:1 Page(s): 38-50

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SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MEDICAL EMPATHY IN IRANIAN AND ENGLISH MEDICAL STUDENTS: A COMPARATIVE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY

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TAHERI AZADEH | SOHEILI FARIBA | POURSHAHRIARI MAHSIMA | Issue Writer Certificate

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SOCIAL INTELLIGENCEQ1

MEDICAL EMPATHYQ1

MEDICAL STUDENTSQ1

COMPARATIVE CROSSCULTURAL STUDYQ1

Abstract

Introduction: SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE and physician empathy with patients are considered two effective factors in the quality of medical services. These variables are influenced by culture and have various manifestations in different cultures. Considering them is effective in providing appropriate communication between physician and patient.Aim: This study aimed to compare the SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE and physician empathy towards patients of the MEDICAL STUDENTS from Iran and the United Kingdom to investigate the potential relationship between these two variables.Methodology: The population was consisted of MEDICAL STUDENTS from medical universities in 3 cities: Tehran (Iran), London and Sheffield (England).The sample consisted of 182 students from two countries (88 Iranian, 94 English) which were selected by convenience sampling method. Data was collected by Tromso SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE Scale (2001), Jefferson scale of physician empathy- Health provider student revised version (2001) and researcher made demographic questionnaire. To analyze the data, t-test and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used.Results: results show that there is a significant positive correlation between SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE and empathy of MEDICAL STUDENTS (R=0.37, P<0.01). Multivariate analysis also showed that the two subscales of SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE including social awareness and social skills in Iranian students were higher than in English students. But in the social information processing component there is no difference between two groups. The compassionate care and Standing in the Patient’s Shoes are two components of empathy which were higher in Iranian students rather than in English students. But there is no difference between the two groups in another subscale of empathy called perspective taking.Conclusion: The result of this study reveals the importance of cultural differences on personality factors such as the SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE and the physician ability to empathize with patients.

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TAHERI, AZADEH, SOHEILI, FARIBA, & POURSHAHRIARI, MAHSIMA. (2017). SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MEDICAL EMPATHY IN IRANIAN AND ENGLISH MEDICAL STUDENTS: A COMPARATIVE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY. SHENAKHT JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, 4(1 ), 38-50. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/263465/en

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TAHERI AZADEH, SOHEILI FARIBA, POURSHAHRIARI MAHSIMA. SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MEDICAL EMPATHY IN IRANIAN AND ENGLISH MEDICAL STUDENTS: A COMPARATIVE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY. SHENAKHT JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY[Internet]. 2017;4(1 ):38-50. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/263465/en

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AZADEH TAHERI, FARIBA SOHEILI, and MAHSIMA POURSHAHRIARI, “SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MEDICAL EMPATHY IN IRANIAN AND ENGLISH MEDICAL STUDENTS: A COMPARATIVE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY,” SHENAKHT JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, vol. 4, no. 1 , pp. 38–50, 2017, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/263465/en

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