An Analysis of Secondary School Students' Empathy Skills in Terms of Student- and School-Related Variables

Autor/inn/en	Gökap, Ali; Inel, Yusuf
Titel	An Analysis of Secondary School Students' Empathy Skills in Terms of Student- and School-Related Variables
Quelle	In: Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 17 (2022) 1, S.40-57 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gökap, Ali) ORCID (Inel, Yusuf)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1949-4289
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Students; Student Characteristics; Empathy; Grade 8; Gender Differences; Reading; Internet; Computer Use; Institutional Characteristics; Geographic Location; Foreign Countries; Television Viewing; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarschüler; Empathie; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Geschlechterkonflikt; Leseprozess; Lesen; Ausland; Fernsehkonsum; Türkei
Abstract	This study aims to examine the empathy skills of secondary school students in terms of some selected variables at the student and school levels. The study group of the research, which was structured as a correlational survey, consisted of 1010 eighth-grade students attending 29 schools selected by random sampling in the province of Usak during the 2021-2022 school year. The HLM 8 student version was used in the analysis of the data collected via Google Form. 80% of the difference in empathy scores was found to stem from the student-related variables and 20% from the school-level variables. A positive and significant relationship between the number of books read and gender variable and empathy scores was also identified, and it was concluded that as the number of books read by students increased, their empathy scores increased as well, and the girls had higher empathy scores than the boys. In addition, a negative significant relationship was found between the duration of daily internet use and empathy scores. While no significant relationship between school type and empathy was identified, students at secondary schools located in city centers were observed to have higher empathy scores than those located in small towns. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: https://inased.org/epasrpi/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01