To verify the role of dispositional mindfulness, difficulties in emotion regulation and empathy explaining burnout levels emergency room (ER) nurses.Many studies have examined variables that can affect amongst ER nurses, but little is known about factors protect nurses against work-related stress.A multi-centre cross-sectional design was used. Burnout level intensity, mindfulness facets, dimensions were assessed using valid reliable self-report questionnaires a sample (N = 97) from three...

Doll therapy is a non-pharmacological intervention aimed at reducing behavioral and psychological disorders in institutionalized patients with dementia. This as care tool has been integrated into the context of long-term institutions, which need to find solutions cognitive, emotional problems showed by people dementia meets primary objective developing good practices focusing on their needs. In present work we adopt Bowlby's theory attachment investigate effectiveness therapy. The hypothesis...

Abstract The present study contributes to the literature by examining association between personal values (PVs), assessed with Schwartz’s Portrait Values Questionnaire, and empathy, Davis’ Interpersonal Reactivity Index, in a sample of first-year medical students. We also examined students’ PVs profile gender differences terms PVs. All participants ( N = 398) were Italian, young (average age 19.62 years, SD 1.22), unmarried; none had children. Zero-order correlations hierarchical multiple...

Caring in nursing is a fundamental aspect, yet teaching and fostering caring behaviours students remain challenging. Clinical instructors play crucial role this process.

Abstract Empathy in medical students is receiving increasing attention as it fundamental to build and develop a functional patient-physician relationship. When looking at its determinants, demographic academic factors seem concur shaping empathy this population. Although data show strong gender differences changes throughout school, not clear the direction of these whether curriculum features modulate them. This longitudinal study examined explored school. Four consecutive cohorts Italian (...

The literature contains numerous reports on motivation in blood donors, although none of these are specific to donation Italy and almost all them focus altruism the desire help others. Altruism is important, but a comprehensive analysis donor should examine factors affecting decision donate, including commitment voluntary organizations. aims this paper verify if motivational that influence choice donate generally consistent with findings from other countries reported organizations as an...

Offering counselling to students is increasingly considered as a key academic service. However, the reduction of resources allocated Italian universities emphasises need assess quality interventions. This paper presents data reporting effectiveness university A sample 45 undergraduate completed cognitive-relational intervention at service in University North Italy. The project focused on development reappraisal skills and problem-solving strategies manage difficult situations. results showed...

Personal values influence nursing students' development of professional values, which affect outcomes, and how students react to different situations. can be shaped by factors, including culture, gender, age.To explore personal held students, verify if gender year study values.A multicenter, cross-sectional was used.The whole population undergraduate available at the time recruited from eight centers two Universities, composing a sample 947 students. Demographic data were collected it...

The process of receiving a communication positivity for metabolic diseases at expanded newborn screening (ENBS) is extremely articulated, involves variety actors (parents, maternal and child departments, clinical centres laboratories) open to outcomes from false positive true cases. Receiving can be highly stressful parents requires an adequate give clear reliable information without causing excessive worry. This qualitative study describes the parents' experience ENBS, their assessment...

Abstract How medical students cope with stress predicts their mental health and academic/clinical performances, making the promotion of functional copy strategies a relevant outcome for educators. Empathy has been reported to be connected coping. This study wanted explore most used coping whether gender differences existed, investigate what extent empathy affected in sample pre-clinical students. In cross-sectional design, Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) Coping Orientations Problems...

There is a growing interest in identifying the psychological variables that promote and sustain empathy medical students during their studies. Dispositional mindfulness has been shown to be empirically associated with socio-demographic characteristics among general population. This research aimed assess dispositional sample of undergraduate investigate its association gender, age, empathy. Hypotheses: It hypothesized male would show, on average, higher than female counterparts, older exhibit...

While empathy and patient-centeredness (PC) are considered core variables in high-quality healthcare education care, research suggests that PC decrease during the clinical years of study impairments may be related to difficulties emotion regulation. There is a growing interest identifying psycho-social sustain foster medical students throughout their education. This explored whether what extent dysregulation predicted controlling for gender. Three hundred ninety-eight pre-clinical enrolled...

Abstract The aim of this study was to explore the role gender, age, and academic year in shaping dispositional mindfulness (DM) association between DM facets empathy dimensions a sample undergraduate nursing students. In multicenter cross-sectional design, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), socio-demographic questions were administrated convenience Italian 622 students (82.2% female) participated (response rate = 86.15%). Females had higher...

Mental health of undergraduate students is receiving more attention because the increase in prevalence and intensity psychological distress. Our aim to verify effectiveness a cognitive behavioural counselling service reducing distress improving academic self-efficacy sample 124 (57% above clinical cut-off) using pre-post assessment design. Data show significant reduction symptoms scores among who completed intervention half them had reliable change. Preliminary data also improvement...

Abstract Aims and Objectives To evaluate the impact of professional transition new graduate nurses during COVID‐19 pandemic. Background The from role student to can be challenging for acquisition higher autonomy responsibility. pandemic impacted quality transition. Design This was a cross‐sectional observational study following Strengthening Reporting Observational Studies in Epidemiology checklist. Methods One hundred two who graduated three consecutive sessions (November 2019—pre‐pandemic,...

This study explored the trajectories of patient-centered orientation in a sample Italian medical students throughout school.Four consecutive student cohorts were longitudinally assessed at second (T0) and fifth year (T1) school. Students completed questionnaire including demographics validated version Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale.352 both administrations. became more terms Sharing along course their clinical curriculum, whereas there no significant changes Caring. Groups with...

The explosion of social media has fundamentally changed every aspect daily life: relationships with people, businesses and even institutions. More more politicians are exploiting to get closer their citizens make operations transparent open, while the established democracies show a distinct lack political participation by citizens, manifested in collapse turnout elections, decline community life growing cynicism distrust parties However, public agents who have enabled real participatory...

Psychological problems—from the most minor such as exams anxiety to more severe personality disorders—are not rare in young adults. University Counselling Services often present only opportunity for undergraduates meet health professionals and be confronted with their difficulties a non‐clinical setting or—in cases of psychopathology—to referred mental services. Recent research attests increasing severity psychological problems among undergraduate graduate university students. The question...