Empathy Perception In Social Education Students: An Inter-Institutional Study

• DOI: 10.15405/epsbs.2017.10.86
• Publication Date: 2017-10-16T12:04:29Z
• Authors: Sara Felizardo*; Esperança Ribeiro; Rosa Novo; Ana Prada; Cátia Magalhães
• Keywords: Interpersonal Reactivity Index

Affirming the profession of social educator, one who is best suited to mediate human relationships, requires an investment in training improve (inter)personal development students, thereby contributing a professional profile able face complex challenges contemporary society. Research into developing empathy, core variable exercising social-educational support functions, should be invested by educational institutions. In this context, aim study identify students’ perceptions empathy two higher education institutions Portugal and see how they vary according academic year, gender age, order understand implications for outline strategies promote development. It non-experimental, cross-sectional study, which Portuguese adaptation (Limpo, Alves Castro, 2010) Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI, Davis, 1980, 1983) was used measure empathy. The convenience sample non-probabilistic with 242 students participating. There were no statistically significant differences partial overall results IRI age institution. However, there Empathic Concern subscale, year. We also assessed influence on affective dimension scale. obtained are line most scientific literature allows us terms education.