The Effect of Balint-style Group on Empathy Ability and Interpersonal Communication Skills of Rehabilitation Students
Authors
Yuran Yang1, yangyuran@126.com, Qian Wang2, hi_qian@126.com
1Applied Psychology Program, Shanghai Normal University Tianhua College, Shanghai, China
2Applied Psychology Program, Shanghai Normal University Tianhua College, Shanghai, China
Corresponding Author
Qian Wanghi_qian@126.com
Available Online 11 July 2022.
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220704.006How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Empathy ability; Interpersonal communication skills; Balint group
- Abstract
To explore the effect of Balint-style group on empathy and communication skills of rehabilitation students, 64 volunteers were randomly assigned to the Balint group and control group. The Balint-group was trained with the Balint method, whereas the other group was organized as a reading club. Questionnaires on empathy ability and communication skills were used to evaluate the training effects after 20 weeks. Through the 20 weeks of training, the communication skills were improved significantly in both groups; however, the empathy ability was increased remarkable only in the Balint group. The Balint-style group can promote the interpersonal communication skills and empathy ability of rehabilitation students.
- Copyright
- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yuran Yang AU - Qian Wang PY - 2022 DA - 2022/07/11 TI - The Effect of Balint-style Group on Empathy Ability and Interpersonal Communication Skills of Rehabilitation Students BT - Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 24 EP - 29 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220704.006 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220704.006 ID - Yang2022 ER -