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Does deliberate practice surpass didactic training in learning empathy skills? A randomized controlled study

datacite.subject.fosCiências Sociais::Psicologia
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorLarsson, Johannes
dc.contributor.authorWerthén, David
dc.contributor.authorCarlsson, Jan
dc.contributor.authorSalim, Osame
dc.contributor.authorDavidsson, Edvin
dc.contributor.authorVaz, Alexandre
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorNorberg, Joakim
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-04T14:36:13Z
dc.date.available2025-04-04T14:36:13Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractA large body of research identifies therapist expressed empathy as one of the most important predictors of psychotherapy outcome. Deliberate practice (DP) is an effective method to improve skills in many fields. We asked if DP also can be used to enhance the skill of expressing empathy. Objective: The aim was to compare the efficacy of DP to didactical learning methods (DLM) in enhancing the skill of empathic expression in students. Method: A repeated measures randomized controlled group design was used. Novice students (N ¼ 36) from psychologist-, medicine-, social work-, and nursing programs received two training sessions of either DP (n ¼ 21) or DLM (n ¼ 15). Participants’ skills in empathic expression were assessed with the Measure of Expressed Empathy (MEE) on three occasions: before the first, between, and after the last training session. Results: Participants in the DP-group showed improved empathic expression, whereas participants in the DLM-group did not. Conclusions: These findings suggest that DP is an effective training method for therapeutic skills such as empathic expression and holds implications for the future development of educational practices to incorporate active skill training methods.por
dc.identifier.citationLarsson, J., Werthén, D., Carlsson, J., Salim, O., Davidsson, E., Vaz, A., Sousa, D., & Norberg, J. (2025). Does deliberate practice surpass didactic training in learning empathy skills?A randomized controlled study. Nordic Psychology, 77(1), 39–52. https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2023.2247572
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/19012276.2023.2247572
dc.identifier.issn19012276
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/13511
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Ltd.
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19012276.2023.2247572
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectDeliberate practice
dc.subjectEmpathy
dc.subjectRandomized controlled trial
dc.subjectRepeated measures
dc.subjectTherapeutic skills
dc.titleDoes deliberate practice surpass didactic training in learning empathy skills? A randomized controlled studyeng
dc.typeperiodical
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage52
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPage39
oaire.citation.titleNordic Psychology
oaire.citation.volume77
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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