doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106755engUsán Supervía, PabloBordás, Carlos SalaveraRobres, Alberto QuílezBlasco, Raquel LozanoCosculluela, Cecilia LatorreEmpathy, self-esteem and satisfaction with life in adolescentART-2023-132607During school years, emotional skills play a relevant role in the way students face challenges and academic demands, especially in such a key stage for life as adolescence, during which adult personality is configured. During this stage, students undergo different emotional and motivational stages related to learning, which play a crucial role in their personal and academic development. This study aims to analyse the relationship between empathy, self-esteem and satisfaction with life in an ex post facto descriptive design. The study comprised a sample of 1117 adolescent students, both male (N = 603; 53.98 %) and female (N = 514; 46.01 %) with ages ranging from 12 to 18 years (M = 14.40; DT = 1.59). The instruments used were the Basic Empathy Scale (BES), Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). The results revealed significant correlations between the empathy, self-esteem and satisfaction with life variables, and significant differences between genders. In addition, self-esteem was found to play a mediating role between empathy and satisfaction with life. It is concluded that self-esteem plays a crucial role in adolescent students, and the importance of encouraging adaptative behaviours in the school environment for the adequate personal development of adolescents is emphasised.2023http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/12406110.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106755http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/124061oai:zaguan.unizar.es:124061Children and Youth Services Review 144 (2023), 106755by-nc-ndhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess