Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-r5fsc Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-23T18:51:18.782Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Particularities of the Theory of Mind in the Academic environment during the Covid 19 pandemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

S. Ursoniu ,
C. Bredicean ,
C. Giurgi-Oncu ,
A.I. Bucur ,
I.-A. Rivis ,
C.L. Serban  and
I. Papava
S. Ursoniu
Affiliation:
Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Functional Sciences, Timisoara, Romania
C. Bredicean
Affiliation:
Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Neuroscience, Timisoara, Romania
C. Giurgi-Oncu*
Affiliation:
Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Neuroscience, Timisoara, Romania
A.I. Bucur
Affiliation:
Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Functional Sciences, Timisoara, Romania
I.-A. Rivis
Affiliation:
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Neuroscience, Bucharest, Romania
C.L. Serban
Affiliation:
Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Functional Sciences, Timisoara, Romania
I. Papava
Affiliation:
Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Neuroscience, Timisoara, Romania
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Introduction

The current period is marked by several negative aspects of the COVID 19 pandemic, which have led to a series of emotional and cognitive changes that affect our functioning. The ability to “read” the minds of others is the key aspect of social behavior, helping us understand our context.

Objectives

To identify the level of emotion recognition in Medicine students during the Covid 19 pandemic.

Methods

Throughout 2021, we evaluated 649 Romanian General Medicine students in years 4, 5 and 6, by using a Google Play application (android and iOS). We analyzed socio-demographic parameters and the affective component of Theory of Mind (The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test). The mean scores between groups were compared with the Student’s t and the ANOVA tests.

Results

The mean score was 25.83 ± 3.36 (min 11, max 33) out of a possible maximum of 36. We noted that women have a higher capacity for recognizing emotions than men (26.04 ± 3.22 vs. 25.01 ± 3.78, P = 0.0016) without differences in terms of the study year. Also, women showed a greater ability to recognize negative emotions compared to men (16.57 ± 2.44 vs. 15.49 ± 2.75, P <0.001). No statistically significant differences were found between the two genders in terms of positive emotions’ recognition.

Conclusions

The ability to recognize emotions seems to be more developed in women, especially when it entails recognizing negative emotions. Theory of Mind abilities are important for empathy and the therapeutic relationship required in Medicine.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

medical studentscovid 19EmotionsTheory of Mind
Type
Abstract
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S593
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BY
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association
Submit a response

Comments

No Comments have been published for this article.