Empathy for others' suffering and its mediators in mental health professionals

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Santamaria Garcia, Hernando; Báez Buitrago, Sandra Jimena; García, Adolfo Martín; Flichtentrei, Daniel; Prats, Lucía María; Mastandueno, Ricardo; Sigman, Mariano; Matallana, Diana; Cetkovich Bakmas, Marcelo Gustavo; Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
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Empathy is a complex cognitive and affective process that allows humans to experience concern for others, comprehend their emotions, and eventually help them. In addition to studies with healthy subjects and various neuropsychiatric populations, a few reports have examined this domain focusing on mental health workers, whose daily work requires the development of a saliently empathic character. Building on this research line, the present population-based study aimed to (a) assess different dimensions of empathy for pain in mental health workers relative to general-physicians and non-medical workers; and (b) evaluate their relationship with relevant factors, such as moral profile, age, gender, years of experience, and workplace type. Relative to both control groups, mental health workers exhibited higher empathic concern and discomfort for others' suffering, and they favored harsher punishment to harmful actions. Furthermore, this was the only group in which empathy variability was explained by moral judgments, years of experience, and workplace type. Taken together, these results indicate that empathy is continuously at stake in mental health care scenarios, as it can be affected by contextual factors and social contingencies. More generally, they highlight the importance of studying this domain in populations characterized by extreme empathic demands.
Fil: Santamaria Garcia, Hernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina
Fil: Báez Buitrago, Sandra Jimena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina
Fil: García, Adolfo Martín. Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva. Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental y Neurociencia; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Educación Elemental y Especial; Argentina
Fil: Flichtentrei, Daniel. Intramed; Argentina
Fil: Prats, Lucía María. Intramed; Argentina. Centro de Educaciones Médicas e Investigación Clínica "Norberto Quirno"; Argentina
Fil: Mastandueno, Ricardo. Intramed; Argentina
Fil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Argentina
Fil: Matallana, Diana. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Colombia
Fil: Cetkovich Bakmas, Marcelo Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina
Fil: Ibanez Barassi, Agustin Mariano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina
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spelling Empathy for others' suffering and its mediators in mental health professionalsSantamaria Garcia, HernandoBáez Buitrago, Sandra JimenaGarcía, Adolfo MartínFlichtentrei, DanielPrats, Lucía MaríaMastandueno, RicardoSigman, MarianoMatallana, DianaCetkovich Bakmas, Marcelo GustavoIbañez, Agustin MarianoEmpathyMoral JudgmentMental Health CarePopulation-Based Researchhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3Empathy is a complex cognitive and affective process that allows humans to experience concern for others, comprehend their emotions, and eventually help them. In addition to studies with healthy subjects and various neuropsychiatric populations, a few reports have examined this domain focusing on mental health workers, whose daily work requires the development of a saliently empathic character. Building on this research line, the present population-based study aimed to (a) assess different dimensions of empathy for pain in mental health workers relative to general-physicians and non-medical workers; and (b) evaluate their relationship with relevant factors, such as moral profile, age, gender, years of experience, and workplace type. Relative to both control groups, mental health workers exhibited higher empathic concern and discomfort for others' suffering, and they favored harsher punishment to harmful actions. Furthermore, this was the only group in which empathy variability was explained by moral judgments, years of experience, and workplace type. Taken together, these results indicate that empathy is continuously at stake in mental health care scenarios, as it can be affected by contextual factors and social contingencies. More generally, they highlight the importance of studying this domain in populations characterized by extreme empathic demands.Fil: Santamaria Garcia, Hernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; ArgentinaFil: Báez Buitrago, Sandra Jimena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; ArgentinaFil: García, Adolfo Martín. Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva. Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental y Neurociencia; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Educación Elemental y Especial; ArgentinaFil: Flichtentrei, Daniel. Intramed; ArgentinaFil: Prats, Lucía María. Intramed; Argentina. Centro de Educaciones Médicas e Investigación Clínica "Norberto Quirno"; ArgentinaFil: Mastandueno, Ricardo. Intramed; ArgentinaFil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; ArgentinaFil: Matallana, Diana. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; ColombiaFil: Cetkovich Bakmas, Marcelo Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; ArgentinaFil: Ibanez Barassi, Agustin Mariano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; ArgentinaNature Publishing Group2017-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/41456Santamaria Garcia, Hernando; Báez Buitrago, Sandra Jimena; García, Adolfo Martín; Flichtentrei, Daniel; Prats, Lucía María; et al.; Empathy for others' suffering and its mediators in mental health professionals; Nature Publishing Group; Scientific Reports; 7; 1; 7-2017; 1-13:63912045-2322CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-06775-yinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s41598-017-06775-yinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:48:44Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/41456instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:48:44.63CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Empathy for others' suffering and its mediators in mental health professionals
title Empathy for others' suffering and its mediators in mental health professionals
spellingShingle Empathy for others' suffering and its mediators in mental health professionals
Santamaria Garcia, Hernando
Empathy
Moral Judgment
Mental Health Care
Population-Based Research
title_short Empathy for others' suffering and its mediators in mental health professionals
title_full Empathy for others' suffering and its mediators in mental health professionals
title_fullStr Empathy for others' suffering and its mediators in mental health professionals
title_full_unstemmed Empathy for others' suffering and its mediators in mental health professionals
title_sort Empathy for others' suffering and its mediators in mental health professionals
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Santamaria Garcia, Hernando
Báez Buitrago, Sandra Jimena
García, Adolfo Martín
Flichtentrei, Daniel
Prats, Lucía María
Mastandueno, Ricardo
Sigman, Mariano
Matallana, Diana
Cetkovich Bakmas, Marcelo Gustavo
Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
author Santamaria Garcia, Hernando
author_facet Santamaria Garcia, Hernando
Báez Buitrago, Sandra Jimena
García, Adolfo Martín
Flichtentrei, Daniel
Prats, Lucía María
Mastandueno, Ricardo
Sigman, Mariano
Matallana, Diana
Cetkovich Bakmas, Marcelo Gustavo
Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
author_role author
author2 Báez Buitrago, Sandra Jimena
García, Adolfo Martín
Flichtentrei, Daniel
Prats, Lucía María
Mastandueno, Ricardo
Sigman, Mariano
Matallana, Diana
Cetkovich Bakmas, Marcelo Gustavo
Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Empathy
Moral Judgment
Mental Health Care
Population-Based Research
topic Empathy
Moral Judgment
Mental Health Care
Population-Based Research
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Empathy is a complex cognitive and affective process that allows humans to experience concern for others, comprehend their emotions, and eventually help them. In addition to studies with healthy subjects and various neuropsychiatric populations, a few reports have examined this domain focusing on mental health workers, whose daily work requires the development of a saliently empathic character. Building on this research line, the present population-based study aimed to (a) assess different dimensions of empathy for pain in mental health workers relative to general-physicians and non-medical workers; and (b) evaluate their relationship with relevant factors, such as moral profile, age, gender, years of experience, and workplace type. Relative to both control groups, mental health workers exhibited higher empathic concern and discomfort for others' suffering, and they favored harsher punishment to harmful actions. Furthermore, this was the only group in which empathy variability was explained by moral judgments, years of experience, and workplace type. Taken together, these results indicate that empathy is continuously at stake in mental health care scenarios, as it can be affected by contextual factors and social contingencies. More generally, they highlight the importance of studying this domain in populations characterized by extreme empathic demands.
Fil: Santamaria Garcia, Hernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina
Fil: Báez Buitrago, Sandra Jimena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina
Fil: García, Adolfo Martín. Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva. Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental y Neurociencia; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Educación Elemental y Especial; Argentina
Fil: Flichtentrei, Daniel. Intramed; Argentina
Fil: Prats, Lucía María. Intramed; Argentina. Centro de Educaciones Médicas e Investigación Clínica "Norberto Quirno"; Argentina
Fil: Mastandueno, Ricardo. Intramed; Argentina
Fil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Argentina
Fil: Matallana, Diana. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Colombia
Fil: Cetkovich Bakmas, Marcelo Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina
Fil: Ibanez Barassi, Agustin Mariano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina
description Empathy is a complex cognitive and affective process that allows humans to experience concern for others, comprehend their emotions, and eventually help them. In addition to studies with healthy subjects and various neuropsychiatric populations, a few reports have examined this domain focusing on mental health workers, whose daily work requires the development of a saliently empathic character. Building on this research line, the present population-based study aimed to (a) assess different dimensions of empathy for pain in mental health workers relative to general-physicians and non-medical workers; and (b) evaluate their relationship with relevant factors, such as moral profile, age, gender, years of experience, and workplace type. Relative to both control groups, mental health workers exhibited higher empathic concern and discomfort for others' suffering, and they favored harsher punishment to harmful actions. Furthermore, this was the only group in which empathy variability was explained by moral judgments, years of experience, and workplace type. Taken together, these results indicate that empathy is continuously at stake in mental health care scenarios, as it can be affected by contextual factors and social contingencies. More generally, they highlight the importance of studying this domain in populations characterized by extreme empathic demands.
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