Investigation of counselor empathy with respect to safe schools

AbstractThe aim of this research is to determine the empathic ability and empathic tendency levels of the counselors in order to mention the importance of self-efficacy to enhance school-wide prevention activities for safe schools; to professionally sufficient counselor profile; to offer community-wide suggestions for counselor education. The data was gathered by The Empathic Tendency Scale and The Empathic Ability Scale with a questionnaire. Participants consist 128 counselors from different work places in Izmir, Turkey. The empathy construct, its relation with the self-efficacy of counselors; with the characteristics of school-wide prevention activities are explained; results are discussed according to relevant literature