Abstract

LAMPERT, Claudia Daiane Trentin  and  SCORTEGAGNA, Silvana Alba. Empathy in caregivers of the elderly through Pfister Test. Arq. bras. psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.70, n.1, pp.193-205. ISSN 1809-5267.

Empathic dispositions are essential to the qualified care of the elderly. This study was aimed at assessing if formal caregivers showed such ability, according to Pfister Colored Pyramid Test (CPT), and at examining the association of such instrument with the Empathy Inventory (EI).The subjects were 10 women with mean age of 46.3 years (SD = 9.5), caregivers in Long-Term Institutions. The presence of empathic skills, affective sensitivity with means for controlling and managing anxiety, and more mature emotional and cognitive functioning were shown. There was moderate negative correlation between Altruism factor and the formal aspect formation (r = - 0,65, p = 0.04), moderate positive correlation between Affective Sensitivity factor and the formal aspect structure (r = 0,63, p = 0.04). The assessment of empathy through Pfister testing has brought larger understanding of the caregivers' personality traits, and its use for that purpose has been ensured.

Keywords : Psychological assessment; Color pyramid test; Personality traits.

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