Students' social emotional health and links to empathy and self-esteem in Lithuania

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ENPriority of today's educational psychologists in schools is well-being of students in schools. The main objective of this research: to investigate social emotional health links to Empathy and Self-Esteem of Lithuanian adolescents. Method: Social and Emotional Health Survey–Secondary (SEHS–S) (Furlong et al., 2014), Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) (Davis, 1980), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (SES) (Rosenberg, 1989). The sample: 935 students (12-18 years old) from various Lithuanian regions and schools. Results and conclusions. Age and gender related differences in adolescents’ social and emotional health dimensions were identified; positive correlation of adolescents’ social emotional health (SEHS–S) with empathy and self-esteem were identified, they are in line with the data of research on development of emotional competence of mental health and adolescents development trajectories. The results of the research are contributing to enhance of students’ social emotional health. Keywords: 12-18 years old adolescents; social emotional health; empathy; self-esteem; correlation analysis. [From the publication]