The Mediating Role of Academic Goal Orientations in the Relationship Between Empathy and Subjective Happiness in Adolescent Students
The subjective wellbeing of students is a key aspect of their personal and academic development, especially during adolescence, a period in which numerous variables that shape personality and academic performance converge. This study aims to analyse the relationship between empathy and subjective ha...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
SAGE Publishing
2025-07-01
|
| Series: | SAGE Open |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440251342522 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1849709049491226624 |
|---|---|
| author | Pablo Usán Supervía Reina Castellanos-Vega Eva Urbón Ladrero Carlos Salavera Bordás Julia Sánchez-García |
| author_facet | Pablo Usán Supervía Reina Castellanos-Vega Eva Urbón Ladrero Carlos Salavera Bordás Julia Sánchez-García |
| author_sort | Pablo Usán Supervía |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The subjective wellbeing of students is a key aspect of their personal and academic development, especially during adolescence, a period in which numerous variables that shape personality and academic performance converge. This study aims to analyse the relationship between empathy and subjective happiness and the possible mediating role of goal orientations (achievement and ego) in secondary school students. The study comprised 1,664 participants from eight secondary schools. The instruments used were the Basic Empathy Scale (BES), the Perception of Success Questionnaire (POSQ), and the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), validated and adapted for the teenage population. The results revealed differences by gender in task orientation and a significant correlation between empathy, task orientation and subjective happiness, as well as the positive mediating role of task orientation between empathy and subjective happiness, in line with adaptive behaviours; ego orientation was, in contrast, negatively correlated with empathy and subjective happiness. Academic goal orientation (task and ego) in teenage students plays a central role in the promotion of adaptive behaviours, empathy and subjective wellbeing, which are key factors in their personal and academic development. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-33a91ef7ede042fe87d6682d27cbb75e |
| institution | DOAJ |
| issn | 2158-2440 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2025-07-01 |
| publisher | SAGE Publishing |
| record_format | Article |
| series | SAGE Open |
| spelling | doaj-art-33a91ef7ede042fe87d6682d27cbb75e2025-08-20T03:15:27ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402025-07-011510.1177/21582440251342522The Mediating Role of Academic Goal Orientations in the Relationship Between Empathy and Subjective Happiness in Adolescent StudentsPablo Usán Supervía0Reina Castellanos-Vega1Eva Urbón Ladrero2Carlos Salavera Bordás3Julia Sánchez-García4Department of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, SpainDepartment of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, SpainDepartment of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, SpainDepartment of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, SpainDepartment of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, SpainThe subjective wellbeing of students is a key aspect of their personal and academic development, especially during adolescence, a period in which numerous variables that shape personality and academic performance converge. This study aims to analyse the relationship between empathy and subjective happiness and the possible mediating role of goal orientations (achievement and ego) in secondary school students. The study comprised 1,664 participants from eight secondary schools. The instruments used were the Basic Empathy Scale (BES), the Perception of Success Questionnaire (POSQ), and the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), validated and adapted for the teenage population. The results revealed differences by gender in task orientation and a significant correlation between empathy, task orientation and subjective happiness, as well as the positive mediating role of task orientation between empathy and subjective happiness, in line with adaptive behaviours; ego orientation was, in contrast, negatively correlated with empathy and subjective happiness. Academic goal orientation (task and ego) in teenage students plays a central role in the promotion of adaptive behaviours, empathy and subjective wellbeing, which are key factors in their personal and academic development.https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440251342522 |
| spellingShingle | Pablo Usán Supervía Reina Castellanos-Vega Eva Urbón Ladrero Carlos Salavera Bordás Julia Sánchez-García The Mediating Role of Academic Goal Orientations in the Relationship Between Empathy and Subjective Happiness in Adolescent Students SAGE Open |
| title | The Mediating Role of Academic Goal Orientations in the Relationship Between Empathy and Subjective Happiness in Adolescent Students |
| title_full | The Mediating Role of Academic Goal Orientations in the Relationship Between Empathy and Subjective Happiness in Adolescent Students |
| title_fullStr | The Mediating Role of Academic Goal Orientations in the Relationship Between Empathy and Subjective Happiness in Adolescent Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Mediating Role of Academic Goal Orientations in the Relationship Between Empathy and Subjective Happiness in Adolescent Students |
| title_short | The Mediating Role of Academic Goal Orientations in the Relationship Between Empathy and Subjective Happiness in Adolescent Students |
| title_sort | mediating role of academic goal orientations in the relationship between empathy and subjective happiness in adolescent students |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440251342522 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT pablousansupervia themediatingroleofacademicgoalorientationsintherelationshipbetweenempathyandsubjectivehappinessinadolescentstudents AT reinacastellanosvega themediatingroleofacademicgoalorientationsintherelationshipbetweenempathyandsubjectivehappinessinadolescentstudents AT evaurbonladrero themediatingroleofacademicgoalorientationsintherelationshipbetweenempathyandsubjectivehappinessinadolescentstudents AT carlossalaverabordas themediatingroleofacademicgoalorientationsintherelationshipbetweenempathyandsubjectivehappinessinadolescentstudents AT juliasanchezgarcia themediatingroleofacademicgoalorientationsintherelationshipbetweenempathyandsubjectivehappinessinadolescentstudents AT pablousansupervia mediatingroleofacademicgoalorientationsintherelationshipbetweenempathyandsubjectivehappinessinadolescentstudents AT reinacastellanosvega mediatingroleofacademicgoalorientationsintherelationshipbetweenempathyandsubjectivehappinessinadolescentstudents AT evaurbonladrero mediatingroleofacademicgoalorientationsintherelationshipbetweenempathyandsubjectivehappinessinadolescentstudents AT carlossalaverabordas mediatingroleofacademicgoalorientationsintherelationshipbetweenempathyandsubjectivehappinessinadolescentstudents AT juliasanchezgarcia mediatingroleofacademicgoalorientationsintherelationshipbetweenempathyandsubjectivehappinessinadolescentstudents |