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Volume : II, Issue : VIII, September - 2012

The Relationship Between Creative Thinking And Empathy With Self-awareness In High School Students In India

Ayatollah Karimi and Venkatesh Kumar, G

DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication

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Previous studies revealed that there is moderate to strong correlation between creative thinking and empathy with self-awareness as three important skills in human life and the aim of the present study is to find out the relationship between these three aspects of life skills. The participants in the study contained of 96(54 males and 42 females) 10 grade of high school students from Mysore in India. Life skill questionnaire - India (LSQI), carried out on the group sample and date analyzed through Pearson correlation and multiple regression using SPSS soft ware. The results revealed that self-awareness significantly has positive correlation with creative thinking (r=31, p<.01) and empathy(r=36, p<.01). Analysis of regression also shows that multiple relationships between three variables is significant (MR=0.36 and RS = .12, p<.01) and 12 percent of variation of self-awareness can be predicts by empathy and creative thinking.

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Ayatollah Karimi and Venkatesh Kumar, G, (2012). The Relationship Between Creative Thinking And Empathy With Self-awareness In High School Students In India. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. VIII, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1339.pdf

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