Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Empathy Training on Empathy Skills, Life Satisfaction, and Relationship Quality for Chinese Adolescents and Their Mothers: A Mixed Methods Study

Autor/inn/en	Chen-Bouck, Li; Patterson, Meagan M.; Qiao, Bixi; Peng, Anqi
Titel	Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Empathy Training on Empathy Skills, Life Satisfaction, and Relationship Quality for Chinese Adolescents and Their Mothers: A Mixed Methods Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 38 (2023) 4, S.591-631 (41 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Chen-Bouck, Li)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/07435584211064209
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adolescents; Mothers; Empathy; Training; Skill Development; Life Satisfaction; Interpersonal Relationship; Intervention; Parent Child Relationship; Junior High School Students; Grade 8; Conflict; China; Interpersonal Reactivity Index + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Mother; Mutter; Empathie; Ausbildung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Lebensvollendung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Konflikt
Abstract	Using a pre- and post-test design, this study examined the changes in empathy skills, life satisfaction, and relationship quality among mainland Chinese adolescents (ages 13-15 years) and their mothers (N = 108 dyads) following an empathy training intervention. Participants completed a 20-day empathy training, including two in-person group training sessions and daily journals on assigned topics. Participants' mother-child relationship quality, mother-child conflict, life satisfaction, and empathy skills were measured three times, and selected participants were interviewed to explore their experience of the training. The research procedure followed protocols that were approved by an Institutional Review Board. ANOVAs were used to examine quantitative data and inductive analysis was used for qualitative data. The findings suggest that after the training, both adolescents and mothers reported significant benefits in mother-child relationship quality and life satisfaction. However, participants' empathy skills (i.e., perspective taking and empathic concern skills) did not change. Possible mechanisms of the observed changes included the empathy skills (e.g., perspective taking skills) learned through the training and the reciprocal nature of positive changes within the mother-child dyad. The current study suggests that empathy training may benefit adolescents and their mothers, both within the relationship and in their general life satisfaction. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01