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Empathy, self-esteem and satisfaction with life in adolescent

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  • Supervía, Pablo Usán
  • Bordás, Carlos Salavera
  • Robres, Alberto Quílez
  • Blasco, Raquel Lozano
  • Cosculluela, Cecilia Latorre

Abstract

During school years, emotional skills play a relevant role in the way students face challenges and academic demands, especially in such a key stage for life as adolescence, during which adult personality is configured. During this stage, students undergo different emotional and motivational stages related to learning, which play a crucial role in their personal and academic development. This study aims to analyse the relationship between empathy, self-esteem and satisfaction with life in an ex post facto descriptive design. The study comprised a sample of 1117 adolescent students, both male (N = 603; 53.98 %) and female (N = 514; 46.01 %) with ages ranging from 12 to 18 years (M = 14.40; DT = 1.59). The instruments used were the Basic Empathy Scale (BES), Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). The results revealed significant correlations between the empathy, self-esteem and satisfaction with life variables, and significant differences between genders. In addition, self-esteem was found to play a mediating role between empathy and satisfaction with life. It is concluded that self-esteem plays a crucial role in adolescent students, and the importance of encouraging adaptative behaviours in the school environment for the adequate personal development of adolescents is emphasised.

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  • Supervía, Pablo Usán & Bordás, Carlos Salavera & Robres, Alberto Quílez & Blasco, Raquel Lozano & Cosculluela, Cecilia Latorre, 2023. "Empathy, self-esteem and satisfaction with life in adolescent," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 144(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:144:y:2023:i:c:s0190740922003917
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106755
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