Altun, MeryemAtasoy, Murat2024-11-072024-11-0720192146-1961https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/342820https://hdl.handle.net/11480/13562This study intended to measure the empathy levels of National Athletes. The screening model was used in thestudy. The study was conducted with 150 athletes in total in the National Athletics Team Camp, aged 21 and23, 69 female and 81 male. The Empathy Quotient developed by Baron-Cohen and Wheelwright (2004) andvalidated and verified by Bora and Baysan (2009) was used as the data collection tool. The data was analyzedwith SPSS 22 and the confidence level was 95%. According to the Shapiro-Wilk normality analysis, while theCognitive Empathy scores of the participants had normal distribution (p>0,05); the Empathic InterestSympathy, Emotional Reactivity, Social Skills and Empathy Levels did not demonstrate normal distribution(p<0,05). Differences in Cognitive Empathy scores by age and gender were analyzed by the parametric testmethod, independent samples t-test, and differences in Empathic Interest-Sympathy, Emotional Reactivity,Social Skills and Empathy Levels by age and gender were analyzed by the non-parametric test method, MannWhitney U. According to the study results, there is no statistically significant difference by gender ((p>0,05).Considering age, there is no statistically significant difference between the participants aged 21 and 23 in termsof Cognitive Empathy, Empathic Interest-Sympathy, Emotional Reactivity, Empathy Level (p>0,05). There isstatistically significant difference by Social Skills between the participants aged 21 and 23 (p<0,05). While theaverage score for age 21 is 68,86, it is 86,33 for age 23. Accordingly, Social Skills are higher in the participantsaged 23.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSpor BilimleriPsikolojiArticle1035119129342820