The effectiveness of empathy training on self-regulation and social adjustment

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Document Type : Research Paper

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Faculty of Literature and Humanities. University of Qom. Qom. Iran

10.30471/psy.2024.10129.2244

Abstract

The present study was written with the aim of investigating the effect of empathy training on self-regulation and social adjustment of elementary school boys.The present research method was quasi-experimental using a pre-test and post-test design with a control group.The statistical population of this research consisted of all primary school boys in Qom, who were studying in the academic year 2022-2023. The studied sample included two groups of 16 people from the third grade of a school in Chahar district of Qom city, which were selected as available samples, one group was selected as the experimental group and the other group was selected as the control group. The tools used were Hoffman and Kashdan's (2010) self-regulation questionnaire and Sinha and Singh's (1993) social adjustment questionnaire. Then, the experimental group was trained in empathy for 10 sessions based on the protocol proposed by John Gergi and Aghah Harris (2007) And the control group did not receive any training in this field. The results of the covariance analysis of the data of this research showed that the effectiveness of empathy training on self-regulation is significant. Also, the effectiveness of this training on social adjustment is also significant, and therefore empathy training has a significant effect on self-regulation variables (components of compromise and concealment), and social adjustment of students in the experimental group.

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Studies in Islam and Psychology

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 13 August 2024

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