ANALYSIS OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PROSOCIAL TENDENCIES, EMPATHY, AND THE FIVE-FACTOR PERSONALITY MODEL IN STUDENTS OF HELPING PROFESSIONS

• Authors: Mlcak Z. , Zaskodna H.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper represents the most important findings of a pilot study examining relationships among prosocial tendencies, empathy, and five personality dimensions on a sample of 137 female university students of social work and pedagogy. The findings of this study validate the existence of a compelling relationship among prosocial tendencies, empathy, and personality dimensions in relation to openness to experience and sociability.

Keywords

EN

EMPATHY; OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE; PERSONAL DISTRESS; PROSOCIAL TENDENCIES; SOCIABILITY

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 201-216
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Mlcak Z.

author

Zaskodna H.

• Z. Mlcak, Katedra psychologie a socialni prace, Filozoficka fakulta, Ostravska Universita, Ostrava, Realni 5, 701 03 Ostrava, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08SKAAAA04739033