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<p class="Estilo2"><span lang="EN-US">The present investigation aims to analyze an association between exposure to abusive and supportive environments and empathy; explore how differences between exposures in abusive and supportive environments and empathy in terms of sociodemographic variables (gender, age of adolescents and whether or not they have siblings). A sample was altered by 728 Portuguese adolescents aged between 12 and 20 years. In the data collection, the Brief Version of the Basic Empathy Scale (BES-A) inventory, exposure to abusive environments and support to the parents' inventory (EASE-PI) and a sociodemographic questionnaire were applied. The main results allow us to realize that exposure to supportive environments is related to cognitive empathy, and on the other hand, exposure to abusive environments establishes a connection with affective empathy.</span></p>
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