INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN EMPATHIC BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN

儿童共情行为的个体差异

• 批准号: 3860008
• 负责人: M RADKE-YARROW
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 至
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3860008
• 关键词: bipolar depression; clinical depression; empathy; human subject; interview; mother child interaction; parents; preschool child (1-5)

The focus of this study is on children's empathic responses to mother. It has been hypothesized that children reared by affectively ill mothers have increased likelihood of impaired sensitivity to others' affective states and needs. Paradoxically, however, there is an opposite hypothesis to be considered, namely, that the affective neediness of depressed mothers may lead to exaggerated sensitivity and empathetic response in their young children. Ninety children, 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 years of age and their mothers (51 affectively ill and 39 normal control) were the participants. Children's responses to others' needs were systematically observed in quasi-naturalistic interactions with their mothers and in an experimental procedure in which the mother simulated acute, intense sadness (prompted by the crying state of a pictured infant). In response to the experimental procedure, the offspring of unipolar depressed mothers were most emotionally aroused and empathetic toward the mother. Girls in all diagnostic groups showed significantly more empathy and caregiving than did boys.

这项研究的重点是儿童对母亲的共情反应。 它 据推测，由患有情感疾病的母亲抚养长大的孩子 对他人情感状态的敏感性受损的可能性增加 和需求。 然而，矛盾的是，有一个相反的假设 考虑到，即抑郁母亲的情感需求可能 导致年轻人过度敏感和同理心反应 孩子们。 九十名 2 1/2 至 3 1/2 岁的儿童和他们的母亲 参与者（51 名患有情感疾病和 39 名正常对照）。 系统地观察了儿童对他人需求的反应 与母亲的准自然主义互动以及实验性的 在这个过程中，母亲模拟出剧烈、强烈的悲伤（由 图中婴儿的哭泣状态）。 为了响应实验 程序中，单相抑郁母亲的后代最 情绪激动，对母亲产生同情心。 全部都是女孩子 诊断组表现出明显更多的同理心和关怀 男孩们。