The influence of midwives' hope trait on empathy: the mediating role of resilience / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To analyze the relationship among hope trait, resilience and empathy of midwives, and to explore the mediating role of resilience between hope trait and empathy.Methods:A total of 370 midwives were investigated by general information questionnaire, Adult Hope Quality Scale, short version of Resilience Scale and Interpersonal Response Scale. Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation among hope trait, resilience and empathy. Amos21.0 structural equation model was used to verify the mediating effect of resilience between hope trait and empathy. The mediating effects of empathy, hope and resilience were analyzed.Results:Hope trait was positively correlated with resilience and empathy ( r value was 0.504, 0.133, P<0.01 or 0.05), and resilience was positively correlated with empathy ( r value was 0.309, P<0.01) in midwives. Resilience partially mediated the relationship between hope trait and empathy, the mediating effect of resilience was 0.38. Conclusions:Managers should pay attention to the cultivation of midwives′ hope traits and psychological resilience, and actively improve the midwives′ psychological quality, so as to effectively improve the empathy ability and establish a harmonious and high-quality nurse patient relationship.