Antecedents of Empathic Capacity: Emotion Regulation Styles as Mediators between Controlling versus Autonomy -- Supportive Maternal Practices and Empathy

Autor/inn/en	Kalman-Halevi, Maya; Kanat-Maymon, Yaniv; Roth, Guy
Titel	Antecedents of Empathic Capacity: Emotion Regulation Styles as Mediators between Controlling versus Autonomy -- Supportive Maternal Practices and Empathy
Quelle	In: International Journal of Emotional Education, 15 (2023) 1, S.53-72 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Empathy; Self Control; Prosocial Behavior; Personal Autonomy; Prediction; Self Determination; Friendship; Caring; Emotional Disturbances; Parenting Styles; Parent Child Relationship; College Students; Student Attitudes; Mothers; Socialization; Likert Scales; Perspective Taking; Peer Relationship; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Empathie; Selbstbeherrschung; Individuelle Autonomie; Vorhersage; Selbstbestimmung; Freundschaft; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Gefühlsstörung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Mother; Mutter; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Likert-Skala; Zukunftsperspektive; Peer-Beziehungen; Korrelation
Abstract	Research suggests that empathy may lead to either sympathy, involving emotional identification with another person, accompanied by caring and concern, or personal distress, that is emotional reaction to another's condition that is aversive and self-centered (Eisenberg et al., 2010). While the former frequently predicts prosocial behavior, the latter is hypothesized to predict it only when helping is the easiest way to alleviate the distress of the helper (Batson, 1991). Drawing on self-determination theory, we hypothesized that autonomy supportive parenting (taking the child's perspective and providing choice) may predict the child's integrative emotion regulation, and this may predict emotional identification with others in need (i.e., sympathy). In contrast, the autonomy suppressive practice of conditional regard may predict dysregulation of emotions, leading to personal distress when facing a close friend's adversity. Participants included 147 college students and 147 close friends. Target participants reported perceptions of their mothers' behaviour and their own emotion regulation styles, while close friends reported perceptions of target participants' sympathy and personal distress responses. Results support the study's hypotheses and provide insights into the socialization of emotion regulation and empathy. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01