Florence Nightingale Effect in psychology

The Florence Nightingale Effect refers to findings that some caregivers experience attraction to their patients.

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Sutton, G. W. (2023, September 24). Florence nightingale effect in psychology. Psychology Concepts and Theories. Retrieved from https://suttonpsychology.blogspot.com/2023/09/florence-nightingale-effect-in.html

A reference for the Florence Nightingale Effect in the workplace

Ferris, L. J., Jetten, J., Johnstone, M., Girdham, E., Parsell, C., & Walter, Z. C. (2016). The Florence Nightingale effect: Organizational identification explains the peculiar link between others’ suffering and workplace functioning in the homelessness sector. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, Article 16. 

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