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KMID : 0928020170210010010
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Nursing and Innovation
2017 Volume.21 No. 1 p.10 ~ p.18
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Effects of an Empathy Training Program on Self-Competence of Gatekeepers and Suicidal Ideation of Suicide Attempters
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Kang Ho-Yup
Shin Jin-A
Kim Hee-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of an empathy training program on the self-competence of gatekeepers and the suicidal ideation of suicide attempters.
Methods: Based on the single group pre-post test design, the study selected seven common citizen gatekeepers that completed the gatekeeper course (seeing, listening, and speaking) and participated in empathy training in G City and seven suicide attempters that gave consent to a follow-up management program at the community mental health center in G City. Collected data were treated with the SPSS/WIN 12.0 program to obtain frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The effects of the program were tested with the non-parametric statistical analysis of Friedman and the Wilcoxon signed rank test.
Results: There were significant differences in the self-competence of gatekeepers that took part in gatekeeper empathy training as they scored a mean of 18.57±2.37 points before the program, 21.14±2.67 points after the
program, and 22.00±2.24 points after counseling activities for suicide attempters (χ2=13.04, p<.001). There were also significant differences in the suicidal ideation of suicide attempters before and after receiving follow-up management service from the gatekeepers that completed empathy training as they scored 18.43±9.45 and 11.00±7.35 points before and after the follow-up management service, respectively (z=-2.38, p=.018).
Conclusion: The findings confirm that an empathy training program is effective for increasing the self-competence of gatekeepers and reducing the suicidal ideation of suicide attempters.
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KEYWORD
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Empathy, Gatekeeper, Suicide attempter, Self-competence, Suicidal ideation
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