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                                                                <journal-id>sdü tıp fak derg</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Medical Journal of Süleyman Demirel University</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2602-2109</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17343/sdutfd.1287519</article-id>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="en">
                                                            <subject>Dentistry</subject>
                                                    </subj-group>
                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Diş Hekimliği</subject>
                                                    </subj-group>
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                                    <trans-title>THE EVALUATION OF EMPATHY LEVELS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF A FACULTY OF DENTISTRY</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>BİR DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİ FAKÜLTESİNDE LİSANS ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN EMPATİ DÜZEYLERİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ</article-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6198-8839</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kam Hepdeniz</surname>
                                    <given-names>Özge</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>SÜLEYMAN DEMİREL ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8100-9805</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Temel</surname>
                                    <given-names>Uğur Burak</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>SÜLEYMAN DEMİREL ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8900-7449</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Uğurlu</surname>
                                    <given-names>Muhittin</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>SÜLEYMAN DEMİREL ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                                                </contrib-group>
                        
                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20230622">
                    <day>06</day>
                    <month>22</month>
                    <year>2023</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>30</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>235</fpage>
                                        <lpage>244</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20230425">
                        <day>04</day>
                        <month>25</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20230525">
                        <day>05</day>
                        <month>25</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1994, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1994</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <trans-abstract xml:lang="en">
                            <p>ObjectiveThis study aimed to determine the level of empathyamong undergraduate dentistry students in a dentistryfaculty, depending on the education year.Material and MethodThe universe of this descriptive study consistedof all students studying at the Faculty of Dentistryof Süleyman Demirel University in the 2022-2023academic year, and the sample consisted of 558students who agreed to participate in the study.An information form containing socio-demographiccharacteristics such as age, class, gender, educationalstatus of their parents, and income level was applied tothe students participating in the study. The JeffersonDoctor&#039;s Empathy Scale Student Version (JSPE-S), aseven-point Likert-style scale of 20 items, was usedto evaluate the students&#039; empathy levels. Statisticalanalysis was performed using the SPSS programversion 25. Independent samples t-test, one-wayanalysis of variance test, and Tukey test were usedfor data analysis (p</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>AmaçBu çalışmanın amacı bir diş hekimliği fakültesindekidiş hekimliği lisans öğrencileri arasında eğitim yılınagöre değişen empati düzeylerini belirlemekti.Gereç ve YöntemTanımlayıcı nitelikteki bu çalışmanın evrenini SüleymanDemirel Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği fakültesinde2022-2023 eğitim döneminde öğrenim gören tümöğrenciler, örneklemini ise çalışmaya katılmayı kabuleden 558 öğrenci oluşturdu. Çalışmaya katılanöğrencilere yaş, sınıf, cinsiyet, ebeveynlerinin eğitimdurumları ve gelir düzeyi gibi sosyo-demografik özellikleriiçeren bir bilgi formu uygulandı. Öğrencilerinempati düzeylerini değerlendirmek amacıyla 20 maddedenoluşan yedili likert tarzı bir ölçek olan JeffersonDoktor Empati Ölçeği Öğrenci Versiyonu (JSPE-S)kullanıldı. İstatistiksel analiz SPSS programı versiyon25 kullanılarak yapıldı. Verilerin analizi için bağımsızörneklem t-testi, tek yönlü varyans analizi testi ve Tukeytesti kullanıldı (p</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
                                                                                        <kwd-group>
                                                    <kwd>Demografik faktörler</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  diş hekimliği eğitimi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  empati</kwd>
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                                                <kwd-group xml:lang="en">
                                                    <kwd>Demographic factors</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  dental education</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  empathy</kwd>
                                            </kwd-group>
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