ФАКТОРСКА СТРУКТУРА СРПСКОГ ПРЕВОДА СКАЛЕ ЕМПАТИЈЕ И САОСЕЋАЊА ЗА АДОЛЕСЦЕНТЕ (AMES) И РЕЛАЦИЈЕ СА ДИМЕНЗИЈАМА ЛИЧНОСТИ
FACTOR STRUCTURE OF THE SERBIAN TRANSLATION OF THE ADOLESCENT MEASURE OF EMPATHY AND SYMPATHY (AMES) AND RELATIONS WITH DIMENSIONS OF PERSONALITY

Summary/Abstract: In accordance with the knowledge regarding the importance of empathy in establishing of purposeful social relations, which are especially important in the period of adolescence, research was conducted with the aim of determining the structure of empathy at the adolescent age, as well as its correlates in the domain of personality. The research included two studies conducted on a sample of older primary school students. In the first study, which included 255 adolescents (61.96% girls; M = 13.48 years), the focus of the study was on examining the latent structure of the AMES translation into Serbian, while the second study, which was conducted on 549 adolescents (60.29% girls; M = 12.74 years) was aimed at testing the obtained three – factor solution, as well as examining the relationship between compassion and empathy, on the one hand, and personality dimensions from the Big Five Plus Two Scale – version for children, on the other. The findings obtained in the first study suggest the possibility of separate assessment of cognitive and affective empathy, as well as compassion in adolescents. The results of the correlation analysis indicate specific patterns of relations between empathy/ compassion with personality dimensions, providing a basis for a clearer understanding of the nature of cognitive and affective empathy, as well as their role in the emergence of compassion as a key determinant of prosocial behavior.

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