Ömer BAŞAY, Seda Nur EZBER, Utku Emre İNCİ, Merve ÖZTÜRK, Muhammet Orhan SOYUGÜZEL, Bürge KABUKÇU BAŞAY

Çocuk ve Ergen Psikiyatri Polikliniğine Başvuran Olgularda Empati Düzeylerinin İçe Yönelim ve Dışa Yönelim Sorunları ile İlişkisi

Amaç: Çalışmamızın amacı çocuk psikiyatrisi polikliniklerine çeşitli nedenlerle başvuran çocuk ve ergenlerde empati düzeylerinin, içe yönelim-dışa yönelim sorunları ile ilişkisini ve bu ilişkinin cinsiyete göre ne şekilde değiştiğini araştırmaktır. Ayrıca, empati ile ebeveyn bildirimine göre çocuğun işlevselliğinin ilişkisinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Mayıs-Haziran 2018 döneminde Pamukkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Çocuk ve Ergen Ruh Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı polikliniklerine herhangi bir nedenle başvuran ve çalışmaya katılmaya gönüllü olan 8-14 yaş arası (ortalama=11,1±2,23) 39’u kız, 61’i erkek (n=100) olgu çalışmaya dahil edilmiştir. Çalışmada yer alan katılımcıların ebeveynleri sosyo-demografik veri formu ve Güçler ve Güçlükler Anketi’ni (GGA), çocuk ve ergenler de Çocuk ve Ergenler için Empati Ölçeği’ni doldurmuşlardır. Bulgular: Kız çocuklarının empati düzeyi erkek çocuklarınkinden istatistiksel olarak anlamlı şekilde daha yüksektir (p=0,039). Empati becerisi ile yaş ve ailenin gelir düzeyi arasında anlamlı bir ilişki yoktur (p>0,05). Emosyonel sorunlar, davranım sorunları, akran sorunları, içe yönelim ve dışa yönelim sorunları ve GGA toplam güçlük puanı ile empati düzeyi arasında negatif yönlü; prososyal davranışlar ile empati düzeyi arasında pozitif yönlü bir ilişki mevcuttur [p0,05), yalnızca erkek çocukları değerlendirmeye alındığında ise daha güçlü ilişkiler kaydedilmiştir [p

The Relation of Empathy Levels with Internalizing and Externalizing Problems among Children and Adolescents Who Refer to Child Psychiatry Outpatients

Aim: The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between empathy levels and internalizing-externalizing problems in children and adolescents admitted to child psychiatry outpatient clinics for various reasons, and how this relationship changed according to gender. In addition, it was aimed to investigate the relationship between empathy and the child’s functionality according to parental reporting. Materials and Methods: In the period of May-June 2018, 39 girls and 61 boys (n=100) aged 8-14 years (mean=11.1±2.23) who applied to Pamukkale University Medical Faculty Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department outpatient clinics and volunteered to participate in the study were included in the study. The participants’ parents filled the socio-demographic data form and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), and the children and adolescents filled an Index of Empathy for Children and Adolescents. Results: The girls’ empathy level was statistically significantly higher than boys (p=0.039). There was no significant relationship between empathy skills and age and family income level (p>0.05). There was a negative correlation between empathy levels and emotional problems, conduct problems, peer problems, internalizing and externalizing problems and the SDQ total difficulty score; and a positive relationship between empathy levels and prosocial behaviors (p0.05), but stronger relationships were recorded when only boys were evaluated (p

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