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INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
卷 30, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/icd.2251
关键词
children; cross-cultural psychology; development; empathic disposition; situational empathy
资金
- John Templeton Foundation
This study found that children's situational empathy, empathic disposition, and prosocial behavior were positively associated with age, with boys displaying less situational empathy and lower empathic disposition than girls. Parental empathic disposition predicted similar dispositions in children but did not affect children's situational empathy or prosocial behavior.
This study examined individual influences on child empathy, the relationship between child and parent empathy, and the relationship between empathy and prosociality across seven countries. A large sample of children (N = 792, 49% female) from the ages of 6-10 years completed a situational empathy task, as well as a dictator game to assess prosociality. The questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy was used to assess parents' and children's empathic dispositions. Children participated from Canada, China, Colombia, Jordan, South Africa, Turkey, and the United States. Situational empathy, empathic disposition, and prosociality were all positively associated with age. Boys displayed less situational empathy and lower empathic disposition than girls. Parental empathic disposition predicted the same dispositions in children but were not related to children's situational empathy or prosociality. No association was found between child prosociality and child empathic disposition. Overall, the results suggest similar ontologies of empathic disposition and situational empathy across countries.
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