%0 Journal Article %T Efecto de un curso de relaci¨®n de ayuda sobre la elecci¨®n de respuesta espont¨¢nea e identificaci¨®n de respuesta emp¨¢tica en alumnos de enfermer¨ªa %A Bermejo Higuera %A Jos¨¦ Carlos %A Carabias Maza %A Rosa %A Villacieros Durb¨¢n %A Marta %J Gerokomos %D 2012 %I Ediciones SPA S.L. %R 10.4321/S1134-928X2012000100005 %X objective: to determine spontaneous response tendency in emotionally conflictive simulated situations by nursery students before and after attending a counseling subject. method: pretest-posttest cuasiexperimental study with a group of 78 nursing students. they were applied a spontaneous response choice test before and after studying a subject on counseling. there were 50 participants that answered the pre-test and 75 the post-test. the answer choice out of 6 posibilities was evaluated. t test was performed for related samples and for independent samples. chi square test to observe response distribution; 95% confidence interval. results: previous to studying this subject, students spontaneously selected empathetic response in 9% of the cases while after the end of the study in 43% occasions. the initial 33% of support-consolation responses decreased to 10%; the 30% problem-solving responses decreased to 19% and the 18% evaluation or moral judgement responses decreased to 11%; the 8% of initial investigation responses increased to 12%; differences between averages pre and post-test were statistically significant. conclusions: results point to counseling training utility as a learning method for empathetic response. %K spontaneous response %K simulated situations %K counseling %K empathetic response %K healthcare professionals %K communication skills. %U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1134-928X2012000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en