Empathy and conflict resolution in friendship relations among adolescents
Empathy and conflict resolution in friendship relations among adolescents
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DOI：
10.1002/ab.20166
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Meeus, Wim H. J.
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作者：
de Wied, Minet;Branje, Susan J. T.;Meeus, Wim H. J.
本研究探讨了青少年同性友谊关系中同理心在冲突解决中的作用。自我报告问卷用于评估性格情感同理心和冲突解决方式（解决问题、冲突参与、退缩和顺从）。 307 名青少年（149 名男孩，158 名女孩）的数据被纳入以性别为调节变量的多组路径分析中。与较高水平的倾向性同理心与更成功的冲突管理相关的假设相一致，研究发现倾向性情感同理心与解决问题呈正相关，与青春期男孩和女孩的冲突参与呈负相关。性格情感同理心与两种更被动的策略（退缩和顺从）无关。性别差异表现在同理心倾向上，女孩比男孩更有同理心。冲突解决策略也存在性别差异，女孩比男孩更频繁地使用问题解决、退缩和顺从。然而，两性在冲突参与方面的得分同样低，并且发现与所有其他冲突解决策略相比，更喜欢解决问题。我们根据之前关于同理心和冲突解决的研究结果进行了讨论。
The present study addressed empathy's role in conflict resolution within the context of adolescent same-sex friendship relations. Self-report questionnaires were used to assess dispositional affective empathy and conflict resolution styles (problem solving, conflict engagement, withdrawal and compliance). The data of 307 adolescents (149 boys, 158 girls) were included in a multigroup path analysis with sex as a moderator variable. In agreement with the hypothesis that higher levels of dispositional empathy are associated with more successful conflict management, dispositional affective empathy was found to be positively linked to problem solving and negatively linked to conflict engagement among adolescent boys and girls. Dispositional affective empathy was not related to the two more passive strategies (withdrawal and compliance). Sex differences were demonstrated in empathic tendencies, with girls being more empathic than boys. Sex differences were also established in conflict resolution strategies, with girls using problem solving, withdrawal and compliance more frequently than boys. Both sexes scored equally low on conflict engagement, however, and were found to prefer problem solving to all other conflict resolution strategies. Findings are discussed in terms of previous research on empathy and conflict resolution.