The relationship between psychological capital,empathic ability and humanistic care ability of midwifery students in higher vocational colleges
CHEN Li
LIU Fen
WU Dandan
XUN Yunjiao
Abstract：Objective:To explore the current status of psychological capital,empathy ability and humanistic care ability of midwifery students in higher vocational colleges,and to analyze the intrinsic connections among the three.Methods:By using the convenience sampling method,a total of 248 midwifery students from two higher vocational colleges in Hunan Province were selected as the research subjects in September 2024.The General Information Questionnaire,Positive Psychological Capital Questionnaire(PPQ),Jefferson Scale of Empathy for Nursing Students(JSPE-S),and the Caring Ability Inventory(CAI)were used for assessment.Descriptive statistics,Pearson correlation analysis and multiple stepwise regression analysis were conducted using SPSS 25.0 software.Results:The scores of humanistic care ability,psychological capital and empathy ability of the research subjects were(165.25±14.87),(118.50±18.03)and(97.43±13.84)respectively.Correlation analysis indicated that the total scores of psychological capital and empathy ability were significantly positively correlated with the total score of humanistic care ability(P<0.01).Multiple regression analysis showed that optimism,resilience,self-efficacy,emotional care and perspective taking together explained 50.5%of the variance in humanistic care ability(R2=0.505).Among them,perspective taking(β'=0.253)and self-efficacy(β'=0.249)had the most prominent predictive effects.Conclusion:The overall humanistic care ability of midwifery students in higher vocational colleges needs to be improved,and it is closely related to psychological capital and empathy ability.Educators should attach importance to the cultivation of students'empathy ability and the development of positive psychological capital,so as to enhance their humanistic care ability and professional quality.
Keywords：midwiferystudenthumanistic carepsychological capitalempathic capacity
Publication Date：2026-02-25
Online Publishing Date：2026-03-16(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 776-780 )