The Effectiveness of Contemplative Education on Self-awareness and Empathy in the Nursing Students

Abstract

This research is quasi-experimental research that aimed to study the effectiveness of contemplative education on self-awareness and empathy in nursing students. Samples were 101 first-year nursing students study in systems thinking process development courses. The research instrument was the contemplative education program and Self-awareness and Empathy questionnaire, Content Validity Index = 1, and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient = 070. Data collection by interview. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and paired t-test.

The findings have shown that the majority of samples were female (94.06%), age between 18-19 years old (93.07%), nursing was selected as the first rank for university entrance (77.23%), hometown was located in Surin province (65.35%), grade point average was 2.51-3.50 (86.17%). At the end of the intervention, the means score of self-awareness was statistically significantly higher than before the intervention at p<.001. However, the means score of empathy was not statistically significantly higher than before the intervention. An integration of contemplative education program to develop the nursing students self-awareness and basis for understanding others and being able to serve the humanize in the future.