Association between empathy and personality in a sample of Brazilian medical students: a cross-sectional study
Both Neuroticism and Agreeableness were found to be associated with higher empathy. We review available interventions to enhance empathy and identified potential medical education curricular changes that could foster empathy development.
Authors
- Eduardo de Castro Humes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5614-8264)
- Marcos S. Croci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0743-2565)
- Décio Gilberto Natrielli
- Marcelo J. A. A. Brañas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3218-7327)
- Pedro G. P. Rosa
- Vinicius F Freitas
- Yasmin N Ávila
Institutions
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Universidade de Santo Amaro (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.47626/2237-6089-2024-0875
- Primary Topic
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00