The Effects of Empathy on Self-Esteem and Subjective Well-Being

Previous studies have investigated the effect of empathy on relations, However, there have been few studies that found the effect of empathy on subjective well-being, This study aimed to investigate relations between empathy and subjective well-being, It VMS hypothesized that empathy had effects on subjective well-being u the mediation of self-esteem, Iteo J,H, and Lee, C,J, (2010) investigated the psychometric properties of EQ. However they did not do confirmatory analysis. So confirmatory analysis needs to be done in this study, Data was collected from 421 College student (male 192, female 225), and analyzed by SEM and path analysis, Results revealed that 3 factors model of EQ was proper, and EQ had effects on subjective well-being in the mediation of :self-esteem, This suggested that empathy he a very important factor in our culture, and fulfillment of cultural task enhance self-esteem, which improve subjectve well-being. And cultural features should be considered in the study of empathy.