Abstract

PLATA ORDONEZ, Carolina Natalia; RIVEROS OTAYA, María del Carmen  and  MORENO MENDEZ, Jaime Humberto. Self-esteem and empathy in adolescents observers, aggressors and victims of bullying at a school in the town of Chia. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2010, vol.4, n.2, pp.99-112. ISSN 1900-2386.

This study had purpose of identify the association between self-esteem and empathy within a group of observers, victims and aggressors adolescents under a bullying situation at an educational institution located in the town of Chía. The investigation is analytical empirical cutting a descriptive design with an association method. Instruments used were the Rosenberg's self-esteem scale, empathy scale from the Martonell, González and Calvo (1998, validated by Rey, 2003 for Colombian population), the Prosocial Conduct questionnaire and UNICEF and People's Defender in Spain "high school questionnaire for 12 to 16 years of age kids". An intentional sample consisting of 57 adolescents was taken. Results obtained were analyzed taking the SPSS statistical package as the basis to find that the existing relation between empathy and self-esteem in observers is inversely proportional, while for victims it is directly proportional, and since the aggressor population is not quite significant no correlation between such variables was made.

Keywords : Empathy; self-esteem; bullying.

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