EMPATHY AS A MAIN CHARACTERISTIC OF CHILD’S AND ADOLESCENT’S SOCIALITY

Abstract

The social life of man is complex and deeply rooted in his personality. The ability
to cooperate, to lead, to follow, to negotiate and to care for the other makes the human
being what it is. Yet, how exactly we manage to coordinate, understand others'
states and intentions and signal our own, still needs clarification. Taking into account
the nature of empathy as a potential psychological motivator for helping others in distress,
it is logical to consider it a key factor in people's social life.
This study talks about empathy in children and youth as an ability that develops
and is learned, but it also has genetic origin. However, the main goal is to examine
empathy and its connection with the sociality of children and adolescents. In
this direction firstly it will be described the nature of empathy and all factors that influence
its creation and development, and then we will associate it with the behaveour
of child and adolescent with their peers, that is, with sociality. All findings are
based on scientific research and theories in this field.