Prosociality as professional important qualities of the healthcare providers

Authors

  • Natalia V. Kukhtova Vitebsk State University named after P. M. Masherov, 33 Maskoŭski Avenue, Vitebsk 210038, Belarus

Keywords:

pro-sociality, professional and important qualities, assistance, professional activity, social norms, conscientiousness, healthcare providers

Abstract

The article describes pro-sociality, that is a combined manifestation of the professionally important qualities of medical workers, including altruism, empathy, empathy, conscientiousness, observance of social norms (reciprocity, responsibility, justice, «cost-reward»). It is shown that nurses differ from doctors in terms of: «compassion» and «personal distress». Differences in the workplace among medical workers are established by such indicators as: disinhibition, introversion, sensitivity, altruism, neuroticism, sociability, aesthetic impressionability, femininity, social responsibility, the norm of justice, compassion, empathy, empathic care, personal distress.

Author Biography

  • Natalia V. Kukhtova, Vitebsk State University named after P. M. Masherov, 33 Maskoŭski Avenue, Vitebsk 210038, Belarus

    PhD (psychology), docent; associate professor at the department of applied psychology, faculty of social pedagogics and psychology

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Published

2019-01-17

Issue

No. 3 (2018): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology

Section

Medical Psychology

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Kukhtova, N.V. 2019. Prosociality as professional important qualities of the healthcare providers. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology. 3 (Jan. 2019), 78–82.