title: Self-esteem and narcissism among the most and least empathetic Finnish baseball players.
abstract: 560 girls and 819 boys, ages 8 to 16 years and actively interested in Finnish baseball, were tested in small groups in three training-camp championship games with the modified Mehrabian and Epstein's Empathy Scale, and the Battle Self-esteem Inventory, Form B. Narcissism was estimated on the 1984 Emmons scale. The hypothesis that the most empathetic players compared with the least empathetic players have better self-esteem and less narcissism was confirmed.
authors.affiliation: University of Helsinki.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalliopuska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009289:Narcissism; D012649:Self Concept; D013177:Sports