A Comparative Study on Empathy Skills of Kid Swimmers and Non-swimmers

The purpose of this study is to investigate the differences between swimmers and non-swimmers in terms of empathy skills. In this context, 100 kids, swimmers (Mage=11,98±,82) and non-swimmers (Mage=12,54±,81), participated in the study voluntarily. Empathy index for children and adolescents developed by Bryant (1982) used in the study. This scale was performed on the swimmers and non-swimmers in a swimming tournament. The data was analyzed using SPSS 16.0 Package Program, and level of significance was determined to be 0.05. There was not a statistically significant difference between swimmers’ X̄ empathy skills score 14,76±4,04 and X̄ non-swimmers’ empathy skills score 14,46±3,69 (p>0.05). The results collected in the present study were discussed in this context.