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The main purpose of this study was to examine 6th 7th and 8th graders’ conflict resolution strategies regarding their empathic level at secondary schools Additionally students’ empathic level and their conflict resolution strategies were examined in terms of their gender socio economic level and grade level 755 students from five secondary schools in Nevşehir participated to the study Empathic Tendency Scale Dökmen 1988 and Conflict Resolution Behavior Scale Koruklu 1998 were used to collect data Moreover interviews were conducted with 40 voluntary students Students with low and high empathic level were compared with regard to their aggressiveness and problem solving strategies t test was used to analyse data Results showed that students with low empathic level had higher scores on aggressiveness while students with high empathic level had higher scores on problem solving and lower scores on aggressiveness Morever it was found that girls’ empathic level and their problem solving scores were higher than those of boys Key Words: Empathy Empathic tendency Conflict Conflict resolution

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