Investigation of counselor empathy with respect to safe schools

İkiz F. E.

World Conference on Educational Sciences, Nicosia, CYPRUS, 4 - 07 Şubat 2009, cilt.1, ss.2057-2062 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 1
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.361
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Nicosia
  • Basıldığı Ülke: CYPRUS
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2057-2062
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Empathic tendency, empathic ability, counselors, self-efficacy, safe schools
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this research is to determine the empathic ability and empathic tendency levels of the counselors in order to mention the importance of self-efficacy to enhance school-wide prevention activities for safe schools; to professionally sufficient counselor profile; to offer community-wide suggestions for counselor education. The data was gathered by The Empathic Tendency Scale and The Empathic Ability Scale with a questionnaire. Participants consist 128 counselors from different work places in Izmir, Turkey. The empathy construct, its relation with the self-efficacy of counselors; with the characteristics of school-wide prevention activities are explained; results are discussed according to relevant literature. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved