The Prediction of Empathetic Tendency and Characteristic Trait of Collaboration on Humane Values in Secondary Education Students and the examining to Those Characteristics


DERELİ E., AYPAY A.

KURAM VE UYGULAMADA EGITIM BILIMLERI, vol.12, no.2, pp.1262-1270, 2012 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 12 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Journal Name: KURAM VE UYGULAMADA EGITIM BILIMLERI
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.1262-1270
  • Keywords: Empathic Tendency, Human Values, Collaboration Character Trait, High School
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among the empathic tendency, collaboration character trait, human values of student high school and whether high school students' empathic tendency, character trait of collaboration, human values differ based on qualifications of personnel (gender, class levels, mother and father education level, income level of family and number of siblings) was investigated. The study group was composed by 504 students attending in different high schools in Adana and Eskisehir. The data were collected using the Adolescent KA-Si Empathic Tendency Scale, Human Values Scale and Collaboration sub-dimension of Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). Analysis of data was used descriptive statistics, t test for independent groups, One Way Anova, multiple regression analysis. Results indicated that students' empathic tendency, collaboration subdimension character trait, human values scores significantly differed based on gender and mother education level. Students' human values scores significantly differed based on class-level. Students' collaboration character trait, human values scores significantly differed based on father education-level and income-level of family. Also empathic tendency predicted responsibility, friendship, pacifism, respect, honesty and tolerance of human values; collaboration character trait predicted responsibility, friendship, pacifism, respect, honesty and tolerance.