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غلامرضا خيرآبادي, مهدخت حاج رحيمي, بهزاد مهکي, نسرين مسائلي, مريم ياحي, لعيا گلشني, درنا خيرآبادي,
Volume 14, Issue 2 (12-2016)
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Aim and Background: Empathy has an important role in better health results, customer satisfaction, improved physician-patient relationship, prevention of job burnout among physicians, and possible patient complaints from doctors. This study aims to evaluate the level of empathy with patients among the faculty members of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Methods and Materials: This cross-sectional study was conducted on medical sciences faculty physicians with different specialties at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2013. The participants were selected through census sampling method. The Jefferson Scale of Patient Perceptions of Physician Empathy (JSPPPE) was distributed among 278 physicians via e-mail or in person. Only 73 questionnaires were completed and returned. The collected data were analyzed using t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Kruskal-Wallis in SPSS software. All P values < 0.05 were considered as significant. Findings: The highest and lowest average empathy scores were observed in nephrology professors and neurosurgery and radiology professors, respectively. After the categorization of the various disciplines into three groups of surgery, non-surgery, and psychiatry, the highest empathy score was observed in the group of psychiatry professors, followed by the non-surgical and surgical groups (P = 0.045). Conclusions: Empathy with patients differed among physicians of different disciplines of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. They did not show empathy and cooperation with their students in completing the questionnaire presented to them.
Aghdas Safari, Naser Amini, Mohamad Behrouzi, Gholamreza Jafarinia,
Volume 18, Issue 4 (1-2021)
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Aim and Background: Research has shown that bullying in cyberspace has negative consequences on adolescents' educational performance and there is an inverse relationship between emotional intelligence and bullying; therefore, the purpose of this study was to comparison of effectiveness of empathy training and social perspective-taking training on emotional intelligence of adolescents with cyber bullying.
Methods and Materials: This experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up one month. The statistical population of this study included all the female students high school in Bushehr city in year academic 2018-2019 and 45 students were considered as the sample size in two experimental groups (each group of 15 student) and control (15 student). The experimental groups underwent empathy training (10 sessions 90 minutes) and social perspective-taking training (10 sessions 90 minutes), but the control group received no training and remained in the waiting list. To collect data cyber bullying questionnaire of Antoniadou, Kokkinos and Markos (2016) and modified emotional intelligence scale of Schutte and et al (1998). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-24 software in two sections: descriptive and inferential (analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni).
Findings: The results of the study showed that both types of treatment in post-test and follow up had a significant effect on emotional intelligence of adolescents with cyber bullying (P<0.05). Also, social perspective-taking training had stronger effects than empathy training in improvement of emotional intelligence (P<0.05).
Conclusions: Based on the results of this study, it can be said that social perspective-taking training and empathy training can be used as a treatment to improvement of emotional intelligence in educational and therapeutic settings.
Masoud Raeisi, Masoud Shahbazi, Amin Koraei,
Volume 20, Issue 2 (9-2022)
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Aim and Background: Infidelity in marriage is a major cause of marital dissatisfaction and also the main cause of marital and sexual conflicts and incompatibilities, therefore; the purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of the religion-based forgiveness training and the fairness-based contextual therapy on improvement of self-esteem and empathy of betrayed women in Ahvaz.
Methods and Materials: The research method was experimental with a pre-test and post-test design and a control group with random assignment. The statistical population of this research included all married women who had experienced infidelity who referred to international counseling centers and Rah Kamal in Ahvaz city, out of which 45 people were selected using available sampling method and randomly and equally passed to the training group. Religion-based (experiment 1), fairness-based contextual therapy group (experiment 2) and control group were assigned. Subjects responded to Rosenberg's self-esteem scale (1965) and Bateson's scale of empathic traits (Bateson et al. 1983). Each experimental group received the number of relevant training sessions based on their respective instructions, while the control group did not receive any intervention during this period. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA), Bonferroni post hoc test and SPSS software version 26.
Findings: The results of Bonferroni's post hoc test showed that religion-based forgiveness training and justice-oriented contextual therapy increase self-esteem (p < 0.001) and empathy (p < 0.001) of betrayed women compared to the control group. However, there was no significant difference between the two methods in increasing self-esteem (p = 0.415) and empathy (p = 0.114) of betrayed women.
Conclusions: Based on the results, it can be said that in order to help increase the self-esteem and empathy of betrayed women towards their husbands, any of the methods of religion-based forgiveness training or justice-based contextual therapy can be used successfully.
 

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