@article{MAKHILLPJSS2007467249,
    title = {Research into the Empathic Skills and the Anxiety Level of Adolescents},
    journal = {Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences},
    volume = {4},
    number = {6},
    pages = {770-773},
    year = {2007},
    issn = {1683-8831},
    doi = {pjssci.2007.770.773},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1683-8831&doi=pjssci.2007.770.773},
    author = {A. K. Akyol},
    keywords = {Adolescent,empathic skills,anxiety level,psychology and sociology},
    abstract = {In this research, it was aimed to determine the empathic skills and the anxiety levels of adolescents and to find out whether gender caused differences in empathic skills and anxiety levels. A total of 388 adolescents attending second-year at high schools participated in the study. A &quot;General Information Form&quot; was used to obtain some information about the adolescents, the Empathetic Skills Scale-Form B was used to determine their empathic skills and the &quot;State and Trait Anxiety Inventory&quot; was used to assess their anxiety level.  The data were tested analyzed by means of SPSS.  The findings were tested by a t-test for independent samples and Pearson Correlation Coefficients. Statistical differences were set at p< 0.05. The results revealed that there is a significant differences in the trait anxiety levels of adolescents by gender (p< 0.05), however; there is no significant differences among gender and empathic skills and the state anxiety levels of adolescents (p>0.05). Additionally, the research was, also, cited that there is no meaningful correlation among the empathic skills and the state and trait anxiety levels of adolescents.}
    }