A Compare Study of Life Satisfaction, Emotional Empathy and Psychological Needs among Adolescents

The aim of the present study was to examine the role of emotional empathy and psychological needs towards life satisfaction. The sample was comprised of 300 (150 boys and 150 girls) adolescents in the age range of 18-22 years. Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) by Diener, Emmons, Larsen and Griffin (1985), Emotional Empathy by Multi-Dimensional Emotional Empathy Scale (Caruso & Mayer,1998) and Basic Psychological Needs Scale (BPNS) were used to collect the data from adolescents. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation method was used to analyze the results. The findings indicated that life satisfaction was positively related with emotional empathy and negatively related with psychological needs of adolescent boys and girls.