Exploring the Relationship between Spiritual Personality and Emotional Empathy among Medical and Unani Students

Ajaz Ahmad Ajaz Ahmad

doi:10.25215/0203.090

Abstract

This study was conducted to discover the relationship between spiritual personality and emotional empathy among medical and unani students. The target population consisted of students from faculty of medicine of JNMC (Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, UP) and faculty of unani of AKTC (Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, Aligarh, UP). The sample comprised of 100 participants (50 female and 50 male) whose age range was from 24 to 27 years. Out of 100 participants, 50 students were from MBBS course and the remaining 50 students were from BUMS course. The participants were selected by simple random sampling method. Data were obtained through Spiritual Personality Inventory (SPI) developed by Husain, Luqman and Jahan (2012) and Emotional Empathy Scale (EES) developed by Mehrabian and Epstein (l972). The data were analyzed by means of Pearson Product-Moment Correlation. SPSS 16.0 version was used to analyze the data. The obtained results indicated that in the MBBS male and female students, and BUMS male students only, spiritual personality is related to emotional empathy. The findings suggested that students of helping profession with spiritual personality express more empathic attitude toward others which is essential for speedy recovery of the patients.

Highlights

This study was conducted to discover the relationship between spiritual personality and emotional empathy among medical and unani students
The present investigator believes that there is an important relationship between spiritual personality and emotional empathy, any research trying to determine this relationship among prospective health caregivers has not been made
The notion that noble attitude toward others and moral rectitude factors of spiritual personality and emotional empathy are important for the realization of professional goals in the colleges of medical profession has remained untapped by researchers

Summary

LITERATURE REVIEW

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Rationale of the Study: Practitioners of the allopathic medicine and unani medicine understand that a healthy balance between body and mind leads to the total health of an individual. Hypotheses: HO1: There is no significant relationship between Spiritual Personality (SP) and the factors of spiritual personality: Noble Attitude toward Others (NATO) and Moral Rectitude (MR), with Emotional Empathy (EE) among male MBBS students. HO2: There is no significant relationship between Spiritual Personality (SP) and its factors: NATO and MR, with Emotional Empathy (EE) among male BUMS students. HO3: There is no significant relationship between Spiritual Personality (SP) and its factors: NATO and MR, with Emotional Empathy (EE) among female MBBS students. HO4: There is no significant relationship between Spiritual Personality (SP) and its factors: NATO and MR, with Emotional Empathy (EE) among female BUMS students. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to examine the relationship between two personality variables among male and female MBBS and BUMS students. Z test was used for testing the significance of difference between male and female MBBS and BUMS students in correlation coefficients

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CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS

Findings

LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS