From numerical to empathy: the dual impact of psychological contracts in doctor-patient communication

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Název: From numerical to empathy: the dual impact of psychological contracts in doctor-patient communication
Autoři: Xinru Wang, Yating Chen, Yi Yu, Huan Jiang, Jinyan Song, Weixian Liang, Qiang Zhou, Liang Ying
Zdroj: Frontiers in Psychiatry, Vol 16 (2025)
Informace o vydavateli: Frontiers Media S.A., 2025.
Rok vydání: 2025
Sbírka: LCC:Psychiatry
Témata: pain, empathy, psychological contracts, doctor-patient relationship, probability estimation bias, Psychiatry, RC435-571
Popis: ObjectiveTo investigate how the presence or absence of psychological contracts and different formats of probabilistic data representation influence healthcare professionals’ pain empathy and probability estimation bias in simulated doctor–patient communication contexts.MethodsWe included 60 healthcare professionals with the same mathematical ability and divided them into two groups to complete the probability estimation bias task of decision events and the classification task of pain non-pain pictures with and without psychological contracts. The data are analyzed by generalized estimation equation (Gee).ResultsThe fulfillment of psychological contracts significantly affects the level of empathy for pain[0.3(95% CI 0.1, 0.4), p
Druh dokumentu: article
Popis souboru: electronic resource
Jazyk: English
ISSN: 1664-0640
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1530932/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-0640
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1530932
Přístupová URL adresa: https://doaj.org/article/1fc36d6c8fc34eea833997fe20971101
Přístupové číslo: edsdoj.1fc36d6c8fc34eea833997fe20971101
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals
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Abstrakt:ObjectiveTo investigate how the presence or absence of psychological contracts and different formats of probabilistic data representation influence healthcare professionals’ pain empathy and probability estimation bias in simulated doctor–patient communication contexts.MethodsWe included 60 healthcare professionals with the same mathematical ability and divided them into two groups to complete the probability estimation bias task of decision events and the classification task of pain non-pain pictures with and without psychological contracts. The data are analyzed by generalized estimation equation (Gee).ResultsThe fulfillment of psychological contracts significantly affects the level of empathy for pain[0.3(95% CI 0.1, 0.4), p
ISSN:16640640
DOI:10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1530932