The relationships between adolescents’ social emotional health and expression of empathy

The school at present has been facing such challenges as non-decreasing extent of bullying, suicides and high level of adolescents’ behavioural as well as emotional problems. This calls for more research on positive adolescent development, its strengths, emotional and social areas of health, which can be developed. The goal of the research: to investigate adolescent social emotional health and empathy and their relationships. The research methodologies: Social and Emotional Health Survey (Furlong et al., 2014; You et al., 2015) and Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Davis, 1980). The sample: adolescents of 12–18 years old. The research conclusions: positive correlation between dimensions of adolescents’ social and emotional health and empathy were identified. The results of the conducted research are significant in the context of positive development of adolescents and contribute to development of school learners’ social and emotional health at school.