Gender Differences in Life Satisfaction Emotional Empathy, Perfectionism and Psychological Needs

The aim of the present study was to gender differences in life satisfaction, emotional empathy, perfectionism and psychological needs among adolescents. 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) Perfectionism was measure by The Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS) (Frost, Marten, Lahart & Rosenblate, 1990) and Basic Psychological Needs Scale (BPNS) were used to collect the data from adolescents. T-test was calculated to analyze the results. The findings indicated that there was significant gender difference in life satisfaction, emotional empathy, perfectionism and psychological needs.