Role of empathy in the work of psychologists and psychotherapists
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https://doi.org/10.29394/Scientific.issn.2542-2987.2020.5.E.7.146-164Keywords:
psychologists, psychotherapy, skillAbstract
Empathy is an important skill in the work of a psychologist and psychotherapist since it allows one to enter the world of the other and put oneself in their place. In this sense, Davis (1983): creates the Interpersonal Reactivity Index under this concept. The aim of this study is to evaluate the specific characteristics of empathy in Ecuadorian psychologists and compare it between men and women. A descriptive field study was carried out with a sample of 64 Ecuadorian psychologists. The statistical software IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0 and the Mann-Whitney U statistical significance test were used for the analysis of data to analyze gender and level of empathy. For the data collection, the empathic concern subscale of the Davis Interpersonal Reactivity Index adapted to the Spanish version was used. Most psychologists and psychotherapists have a high average level of empathy, however, this study did not see significant results in terms of gender difference and level of empathy, therefore, more research is required.
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