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Aggression in School Children and Adolescents: Its Relationship with Empathy by Spiritual Sensitivity

Publication date: 11.2024

Polish Pedagogical Thought, X (2024), Issue 10, pp. 341 - 356

https://doi.org/10.4467/24504564PMP.24.018.19972

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Janusz Surzykiewicz
Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Dewajtis 5, 01-815 Warsaw
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Sebastian Binyamin Skalski-Bednarz
Humanitas University in Sosnowiec
, Poland
Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany
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Łukasz Kwadrans
University of Silesia in Katowice,
ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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Jolanta Muszyńska
University of Bialystok ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 14 15-097 Białystok, Poland
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Karol Konaszewski
University of Bialystok ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 14 15-097 Białystok, Poland
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Aggression in School Children and Adolescents: Its Relationship with Empathy by Spiritual Sensitivity

Abstract

Background: Aggression is one of the important problems of psychosocial functioning, but it is also an area of physical and mental health among children and adolescents. The purpose of the present study was to examine the role of spiritual sensitivity as a mediator in the relationship between empathy and aggression in a group of school children and adolescents.

Participants and procedure: The study included 281 children and adolescents (54% were girls) aged 9–14 years. The study procedure consisted of completing three questionnaires measuring spiritual sensitivity, empathy and aggression. The structural equation modeling using maximum likelihood estimation were used to determine the relationship between variables.

Results: Our results suggest that spiritual sensitivity may mediate the relationship between empathy and aggression. Including spiritual sensitivity in the model reduced the negative relationship between the independent and dependent variables, indicating full mediation.

Conclusions: In conclusion, the present study has provided some findings suggesting that spiritual sensitivity may indeed be one of the possible mechanisms by which religiosity leads to positive behavioral outcomes. The findings suggest that such internal factors may be important in leveling aggression and that focusing solely on environmental and situational influences may not fully capture individual differences in thinking, emotions and behavior.

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Information: Polish Pedagogical Thought, X (2024), Issue 10, pp. 341 - 356

Article type: Original article

Titles:

English: Aggression in School Children and Adolescents: Its Relationship with Empathy by Spiritual Sensitivity

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6099-7226

Janusz Surzykiewicz
Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Dewajtis 5, 01-815 Warsaw
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6099-7226 Orcid
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Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Dewajtis 5, 01-815 Warsaw

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6336-7251

Sebastian Binyamin Skalski-Bednarz
Humanitas University in Sosnowiec
, Poland
Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6336-7251 Orcid
All publications →

Humanitas University in Sosnowiec
Poland

Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6102-2308

Łukasz Kwadrans
University of Silesia in Katowice,
ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6102-2308 Orcid
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University of Silesia in Katowice,
ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8116-4343

Jolanta Muszyńska
University of Bialystok ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 14 15-097 Białystok, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8116-4343 Orcid
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University of Bialystok ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 14 15-097 Białystok, Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1362-4245

Karol Konaszewski
University of Bialystok ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 14 15-097 Białystok, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1362-4245 Orcid
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University of Bialystok ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 14 15-097 Białystok, Poland

Published at: 11.2024

Article status: Open

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Percentage share of authors:

Janusz Surzykiewicz (Author) - 20%
Sebastian Binyamin Skalski-Bednarz (Author) - 20%
Łukasz Kwadrans (Author) - 20%
Jolanta Muszyńska (Author) - 20%
Karol Konaszewski (Author) - 20%

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Prof. Janusz Surzykiewicz, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Faculty of Pedagogical Sciences, Poland; and Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Faculty of Philosophy and Education, Eichstätt, Germany. Address for correspondence: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Faculty of Pedagogical Sciences, 1/3 Wóycickiego St. (building 15), 01-938 Warsaw; e-mail: janusz.surzykiewicz@ku.de.

Dr. Sebastian Binyamin Skalski-Bednarz, Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, Poland; and Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Faculty of Philosophy and Education, Eichstätt, Germany. He is the author of more than 40 articles indexed in international databases, and the manager of European-funded projects. His research interests include the neural basis of cognitive deficits in holistic developmental disorders, on the one hand, and the spiritual and religious determinants of well-being, on the other. Address for correspondence: sebastian.skalski@humanitas.edu.pl.

Dr. Łukasz Kwadrans Prof. UŚ, Institute of Pedagogy, Silesian University in Katowice, Poland. Research interests concert on the functioning of probation in Poland and Europe; re-socialization and social reintegration of maladjusted or at risk of social maladjustment individuals; functioning of re-socialization personnel in Poland and Europe; and institutional forms of re-socialization and educational work with minors. Address for correspondence: ul. Bielska 62, 43-400 Cieszyn; e-mail: lukasz.kwadrans@us.edu.pl.

Dr. Jolanta Muszyńska Prof. UwB, University of Bialystok, Faculty of Education. Academic interests focus on issues of social identity, sense of community, local civil society. Author of many articles and author’s and co-author’s monographs. Address for correspondence: Nowe Aleksandrowo ul. Malinowa 31, 16-002 Dobrzyniewo Duże; e-mail: jolamusz@uwb.edu.pl.

Dr. Karol Konaszewski Prof. UwB, University of Bialystok, Faculty of Education. Research interests focus on the issues of health pedagogy, criminology and personality psychology. Author of more than 80 articles indexed in international databases. Research project manager in projects funded by the National Science Center and the Polish Academy of Sciences. Address for correspondence: 20 Świerkowa St., 15-328 Białystok; e-mail: k.konaszewski@uwb.edu.pl.

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