Συναισθηματικές ικανότητες και προκοινωνικές/επιθετικές συμπεριφορές: Μελέτη με φοιτητές/τριες παιδαγωγικών τμημάτων

Abstract

Emotional abilities affect both prosocial and aggressive behavior (Damon et al., 2006). The purpose of the research was to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence, empathy and interpersonal closeness, and prosocial and aggressive behaviors. 182 undergraduate students completed a self-reported questionnaire consisted of Prosocial and Aggressive Behavior Questionnaire (Boxer et al., 2004), Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS; Wong & Law, 2002), Basic Empathy Scale (BES; Jolliffe & Farrington, 2006) and Inclusion of Others in Self Scale (IOS; Aron et al., 1992). The results showed that students who have close interpersonal relationships, put themselves in others’ shoes, understand their own emotions and use emotions for motivate themselves not only display altruism, but also reap the benefit when they accept it from others. On the contrary, students who recognize others’ emotions show aggressive behaviors either to achieve what they want or to react to others aggressive behaviors. In addition, students with high emotional abilities have closer interpersonal relationships. Results are important in the context of students’ behavior during their studies at the University.