The quality of life, a propensity to deviant behavior and empathy in students of medical universities
Article describes relationship between the quality of life and the propensity to deviant behavior and empathy among students of medical universities in St. Petersburg and Khabarovsk. 60 people took part in the stady (44 girls, 16 boys). Students' quality of life was assessed using a quality of life questionnaire (version of WHO QL-100), empathy was assessed using a rapid diagnostic test of empathy, deviant behavior was tested using an ESADA questionnaire. The data obtained did not go beyond the reference test data. Propensity to deviant behavior of medical students reveals backward dependence to the quality of life. The tendency to deviant behavior among students of the groups under consideration does not exceed standard indicators, while students of Khabarovsk have a more pronounced tendency to deviant behavior: avoiding, suicidal, delinquent, addictive. The relationship of deviant behavior with some types of empathy was defined. There was no reliable correlation between the quality of life and empathy. This study is pilot. Additional research is needed.