Embeddedness and Empathy: How the Social Network Shapes Adolescents' Social Understanding

Autor/inn/en	Wolfer, Ralf; Cortina, Kai S.; Baumert, Jurgen
Titel	Embeddedness and Empathy: How the Social Network Shapes Adolescents' Social Understanding
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 35 (2012) 5, S.1295-1305 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.04.015
Schlagwörter	Individual Characteristics; Adolescents; Social Environment; Empathy; Friendship; Cognitive Development; Social Networks; Social Structure; Grade 7; Social Cognition; Social Development; Student Attitudes; Network Analysis; Institutional Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Soziales Umfeld; Empathie; Freundschaft; Kognitive Entwicklung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Sozialstruktur; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Soziale Kognition; Soziale Entwicklung; Schülerverhalten; Netzplantechnik
Abstract	Based on theories of social-cognitive development, the present study investigated the yet unknown social structure that underlies the concept of empathy in adolescence. A total of 3.159 seventh graders (13.67 years, 56% girls) from 166 school classes participated by providing information on empathy, related psychosocial factors, and friendship patterns. Social network analyses were used to measure a comprehensive representation of adolescents' social environment by covering individual, group, class, and school characteristics. Multilevel models revealed that individual characteristics as well as contextual factors predict adolescents' level of empathy. Findings indicate that empathy is mirrored in the social structure of adolescents supporting the hypothesis that social demands, which continuously grow with the amount of embeddedness, shape their social understanding. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10