en روان شناسی تربیتی Educational Psychology پژوهشي Original <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of empathy training on social adjustment and belonging to the school in elementary school students. The present study was conducted as a semi-experimental two-group pretest-posttest design. The statistical population was all sixth grade elementary school students in Tabas city in the academic year of 2016-2017. The study sample was 30 people who were selected by cluster random sampling method. The tools used to collecting data were: Belonging to school inventory and&nbsp; Bell&rsquo;s adjustment inventory&nbsp; For data analysis, Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, and Univariate and Multivariate analysis of covariance were used (p < 0.01). The findings indicated that the mean of the experimental group in the components of social adjustment and belonging to the school increased compared to the control group (p <0.05). Therefore, it can be concluded that empathy training has been effective in increasing social adjustment and students&rsquo; belonging to the school.</span></div> empathy training, social adjustment, belonging to school, elementary school students 71 80 http://ieepj.hormozgan.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-61-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Maryam Safara 10031947532846001191 10031947532846001191 Yes Alzahra University, Women Research Center, Department of Psychology, Tehran Somaye Rafiee 10031947532846001192 10031947532846001192 No Department of Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Tabas, Tabas Branch, Tabas