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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
卷 106, 期 2-3, 页码 115-128出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.01.002
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Children; Empathy; Intergroup relations; Group identification; Social anxiety; Peer rejection
Individuals often feel more empathy toward members of their own social groups than toward members of other social groups. However, individual factors contributing to this empathy bias remain largely unexplored among children. This study examined intergroup empathic processing among 94 children (mean age = 8.74 - years, SD = 1.76) assigned to novel color groups. After 1 week in their group, children were interviewed to assess their ingroup identification and trait levels of social anxiety. Subsequently, a social threat was simulated, and children's feelings of situational distress and empathy bias for others who experienced the same threat were assessed. Findings indicated that, among children who reported more social anxiety and situational distress, those with a stronger ingroup identity displayed more empathy bias favoring their ingroup. Given that empathy is an important contributor to prosocial behavior, implications for children's intergroup relations are discussed. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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