Objective To understand the relationship between empathy and subjective well-being among middle school students.Method 752 middle school students were measured by the Chinese version empathic scale and subjective well-being scale in order to explore the their empathic status and the relationship between empathy and subjective well-being.Results The relationship between cognitive empathy and emotional empathy among middle school students from different family economics turned out to be statistically insignificant;the correlation between cognitive empathy and emotional empathy among middle school students from distinct father-child relationship was statistically significant（P<0.01）;middle school students’cognitive empathy and emotional empathy had significantly positive correlation with general well-being

happiness and sadness.Conclusion Empathy is connected with father-child relationship

while it is not related to family economics.Empathy is one of the essential elements to influence middle school students’subjective well-being.