Open AccessChild-Rearing and Children's Empathy
Author(s) -
Gisela Trommsdorff
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
perceptual and motor skills
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.497
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1558-688X
pISSN - 0031-5125
DOI - 10.2466/pms.1991.72.2.387
Subject(s) - empathy , prosocial behavior , psychology , developmental psychology , articulation (sociology) , social psychology , politics , political science , law
The prediction of higher empathy for children whose mothers were generally more empathetic and in interaction with their children was confirmed for 15 boys and 15 girls, 5 to 6 years old, and their mothers. Teachers' ratings of children correlated significantly with several maternal variables: with empathy, frequency of mothers' articulation of prosocial goals and understanding of the child.
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