Disengagement Is as Revealing as Prosocial Action for Young Children's Responding to Strangers in Distress: How Personal Distress and Empathic Concern Come into Play

Autor/inn/en	Lin, Hung-Chu; Janice, Josephine
Titel	Disengagement Is as Revealing as Prosocial Action for Young Children's Responding to Strangers in Distress: How Personal Distress and Empathic Concern Come into Play
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 44 (2020) 6, S.515-524 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lin, Hung-Chu)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025420912015
Schlagwörter	Withdrawal (Psychology); Prosocial Behavior; Stranger Reactions; Preschool Children; Emotional Response; Empathy; Familiarity; Helping Relationship; Nonverbal Communication; Evaluative Thinking; Infants; Adults; Crying + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rückzugsverhalten; Fremdenprüfung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Emotionales Verhalten; Empathie; Helfende Beziehung; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Weinen
Abstract	In a paradigm of simulated stranger distress designed to elicit empathic arousal, this study examined multiple elements of responding in 61 preschoolers. Disengagement from stranger distress was underscored in addition to prosocial responding. All children encountered a female adult stranger feigning stomach ache followed by an infant manikin emitting cry sound in a bassinet. Behaviors were coded for other-oriented behaviors, personal distress, and disengagement. In contrast to the traditional supposition, behaviors indicative of personal distress covaried positively with empathic concern and negatively with disengagement. The findings of multiple regression analysis demonstrated how empathic concern and personal distress jointly related to disengaging behaviors in children's response to stranger distress. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01