Affiliation:
1. Independent Consultant
2. Department of Adult Education, University of Southern Mississippi
Abstract
This study examines the power of seven demographic variables to predict the extent to which nursing-home staff offer empathy in their interactions with nursing-home residents. Behavioral observations, found to have rater-to-rater reliability, were utilized. Of the seven predictor variables (sex, age, employment status, length of work experience, education, type of institution, and occupational level), only the multiple r and work experience were found significant, although age came close to significance. Younger staff members with moderate lengths of experience were found the most empathic.
Subject
Geriatrics and Gerontology,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Aging
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