Empathy, self-esteem and satisfaction with life in adolescent

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

Children and Youth Services Review, 2023, vol. 144, issue C

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.

Keywords: Adolescent; Empathy; Satisfaction with life; Self-esteem; Students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106755

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