Empathy in Bulgarian healthcare professionals during the coronavirus pandemic

Data were collected during the coronavirus pandemic in November-December 2020 and January-February 2021 among 296 Bulgarian healthcare workers using:
* Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) (Davis, 1980);
* a single-item scale regarding the degree of perceived threat of coronavirus - as a threat to oneself, to own relatives and friends, to other people - known and unknown, citizens of the country or foreigners, on a scale from 0 - not a threat at all to 6 - a major threat (Mihaylova et al., 2021);.
* two questions about the presence of some difficulties in work and in getting along with other people over the last two weeks answered on a 4-point scale from 0 - not difficult at all, to 3 – extremely difficult (Spitzer et al., 2006).
* some socio-demographic data from the participants in the study were also collected - gender, age, presence or lack of intimate partner and of children, as well as the size of place of practice (small town of up to 25,000 inhabitants, medium-sized city of 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants, large city of over 50,000 inhabitants, or the capital).
Data were stored using JASP 0.14 software (JASP Team, 2020).

References
Davis, M. H. (1980). A multidimensional approach to individual differences in empathy. JSAS Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, 10, 85-104.
JASP Team. (2020). JASP (Version 0.14) [Computer software]. https://jasp-stats.org/faq/
Mihaylova, T., Koychev, A., Stoyanova, S., Dimitrov, T., Todorova, D., & Ivantchev, N. (2021). Generalized anxiety in healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic, Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 35(1), 828-838. https://doi.org/10.1080/13102818.2021.1932596
Spitzer, R. L., Kroenke, K., Williams, J. B. W., & Löwe, B. (2006). A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: The GAD-7. Archives of Internal Medicine, 166(10), 1092-1097. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.166.10.1092

本数据集的收集时间跨度为2020年11月至12月以及2021年1月至2月的新冠疫情期间，针对296名保加利亚医护人员进行。数据收集工具包括：人际反应指数（IRI）(Davis, 1980)；一项关于感知冠状病毒威胁程度的单维度量表——针对个人、亲友、其他已知或未知人士，包括本国公民及外籍人士，威胁程度从0分（毫无威胁）至6分（极度威胁）（Mihaylova et al., 2021）；以及两个关于在过去两周内工作及与他人相处中遇到困难程度的询问，采用四点量表进行评估，从0分（毫无困难）至3分（极其困难）（Spitzer et al., 2006）。此外，还收集了参与者的部分社会人口学数据，包括性别、年龄、是否有亲密伴侣及子女，以及工作地点的人口规模（从小型城镇，人口不超过25,000人，至大型城市，人口超过50,000人，或首都）。数据存储采用了JASP 0.14软件（JASP Team, 2020）。

参考文献

Davis, M. H. (1980). A multidimensional approach to individual differences in empathy. JSAS Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, 10, 85-104.
JASP Team. (2020). JASP (Version 0.14) [计算机软件]. https://jasp-stats.org/faq/
Mihaylova, T., Koychev, A., Stoyanova, S., Dimitrov, T., Todorova, D., & Ivantchev, N. (2021). Generalized anxiety in healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic, Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 35(1), 828-838. https://doi.org/10.1080/13102818.2021.1932596
Spitzer, R. L., Kroenke, K., Williams, J. B. W., & Löwe, B. (2006). A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: The GAD-7. Archives of Internal Medicine, 166(10), 1092-1097. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.166.10.1092