RELATION ANALYSIS OF HAPPINESS AND EMPATHY AMONG ADOLESCENTS
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MANISHA DHAMI* and NEHA JOSHI
Human Development & Family Studies, College of Community Science Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana- 141 001
Keywords:
Adolescents, empathy, happiness, gender, relationshipAbstract
The study investigates the profile and relationship of happiness and empathy among adolescents.
For this purpose, a sample of 120 senior secondary students, 60 girls and 60 boys, residing in the
Ludhiana district of Punjab was taken. Research tools used were Happiness Scale by Rastogi and
Moorjani (2016) and Empathy Scale developed by Dubey and Tandon (2014). To find out the gender
difference across different variables, descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage) and t-test
were used. To identify the relationship between empathy and happiness the Pearson Correlation
Coefficient was applied. Results showed gender differences exist in happiness and empathy with
girls having a higher level of happiness and empathy with better mean scores as compared to their
counterparts. The correlation analysis showed a significantly positive relationship between happiness
and empathy of adolescents.
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