Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery - Ahead of Print
Empathy (non)erosion: a cross-sectional study of empathy levels and trait emotional intelligence in Slovak medical students
Miroslava Galasová, Nikola Ondrík Andreánska, Lucia Konečná
Cent Eur J Nurs Midw. X:X 
Aim: Empathy is a vital component of medical and nursing practice. However, research on empathy erosion among healthcare students has produced mixed findings, potentially due to measurement-related limitations. This study is the first to examine empathy erosion among Slovak medical students within the framework of trait emotional intelligence (TEI). Design: Quantitative, correlational-comparative, cross-sectional study. Methods: Data were collected from 545 medical students across all six years of study (57% women; Mage = 22.3, SDage = 2.1) via an online questionnaire assessing empathy (Empathy Quotient; EQ) and trait emotional...