The relationship between the capacity for empathy and self-confidence among university students (an empirical study on students of faculty of Education, University of Diyala, Iraq, 2020 AD)

Abstract

The ability to empathize is an emotional experience that affects human life in facing problems and difficulties ,and providing assistance to those we feel that needs it ,and in fact it represents an essential component of human life ,in addition to its impact on their psychological health. The present study aimed to reveal the relationship between the capacity for empathy and self-confidence among university students ,in light of the variables (gender ,specialization) ,and in order to achieve the objectives of the current study ,the researcher built a scale of sympathy susceptibility according to the researcher also built a measure of self-confidence according to The definition of (Hall and Lindsay) ,and the basic study sample reached (400) students from Diyala University for morning study ,for the academic year (2019-2020) ,and they were chosen according to the random stratified method of equal distribution ,and the data were processed statistically using the package program Statisticians for Social Sciences (SPSS). Several results were reached ,including: There is a tendency of sympathy among the members of the study sample that is statistically significant in favor of university students ,there is self-confidence among the study sample individuals with statistical significance in favor of university students. The study recommends the necessity of holding cultural seminars in order to promote normal social relations among individual students. The study suggests conducting a descriptive study of the self-confidence variable and the susceptibility of empathy and linking them with another variable and another stage of study.