Natalia D. Fadina

The relevance of the study is determined by the importance of preschool age for the organization of interpersonal interaction, the need to develop leadership abilities in older preschool age. The purpose of the study is to identify the characteristics of the empathy manifestation in children of older preschool age with different levels of leadership abilities. According to the results of the study, it was established that children-leaders have a high level of the development of empathy emotional and behavioral components; children with an average and low level of leadership abilities have an average level of emotional and behavioral manifestations of empathy.