Social Perspective-Taking Skills in Maltreated Children and Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Burack, Jacob A.; Flanagan, Tara; Peled, Terry; Sutton, Hazel M.; Zygmuntowicz, Catherine; Manly, Jody T.
Titel	Social Perspective-Taking Skills in Maltreated Children and Adolescents
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 42 (2006) 2, S.207-217 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
Schlagwörter	Child Abuse; Elementary School Students; High School Students; Student Reaction; Interviews; Psychological Patterns; Perspective Taking; Individual Differences; Developmental Psychology; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Ability; Individual Development; Self Esteem; Case Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerkritik; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Zukunftsperspektive; Individueller Unterschied; Entwicklungspsychologie; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Fähigkeit; Fertigkeit; Individuelle Entwicklung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	The primary goal of this study was to assess the ability of maltreated school-age children and adolescents to understand the thoughts, feelings, and points of view of others. Level of egocentrism and social perspective-taking coordination were assessed in a group of 49 maltreated and 49 demographically matched nonmaltreated children. Twenty-six elementary and 23 high school students in each group were individually interviewed and their responses to hypothetical interpersonal situations coded for egocentricity and level of perspective-taking ability. The findings revealed that maltreated children and adolescents were more egocentric and delayed in their social perspective-taking development than their nonmaltreated peers and that they reported lower levels of global self-worth. However, differences within the group of maltreated children and adolescents emerged with regard to negotiating novel relationships, as those with fewer internalizing or externalizing symptoms exhibited better skills in this area than their peers who displayed more symptoms. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10