Empathy and sympathy as mediators between parental inductive discipline and prosocial behavior in Colombian families

The objective of this study was to evaluate the mediation of adolescent empathy and sympathy between parental inductive discipline and adolescent prosocial behavior, as well as to understand whether there are differences between male and female adolescents regarding moral emotions and prosocial beha...

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Autores principales: Ivon Paola Guevara, Victoria Eugenia Cabrera, Martha Rocío Gonzalez, Jose Vicente Devis
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7be02ae462474c2da4021b81418f0eb92021-11-25T02:22:00ZEmpathy and sympathy as mediators between parental inductive discipline and prosocial behavior in Colombian families10.21500/20112084.15082011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/7be02ae462474c2da4021b81418f0eb92015-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/1508https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922The objective of this study was to evaluate the mediation of adolescent empathy and sympathy between parental inductive discipline and adolescent prosocial behavior, as well as to understand whether there are differences between male and female adolescents regarding moral emotions and prosocial behavior and differences between fathers and mothers regarding inductive discipline. The study enrolled 717 participants: 239 fathers, 239 mothers, and one adolescent child of each paired mother and father. Two models of mediation were undertaken, one for empathy and another for sympathy, both resulted statistically significant. Significant differences were also found between male and female adolescents in empathy but not in sympathy or prosocial behavior; specifically, female adolescents tended to be more empathetic than male adolescents. We suggest future studies focus on prosocial behavior associated with parental socioeconomic and educational levels.Ivon Paola GuevaraVictoria Eugenia CabreraMartha Rocío GonzalezJose Vicente DevisUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticleEmpathysympathyadolescenceprosocial behaviorinductive discipline.PsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 8, Iss 2 (2015)
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collection DOAJ
language EN
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topic Empathy
sympathy
adolescence
prosocial behavior
inductive discipline.
Psychology
BF1-990
spellingShingle Empathy
sympathy
adolescence
prosocial behavior
inductive discipline.
Psychology
BF1-990
Ivon Paola Guevara
Victoria Eugenia Cabrera
Martha Rocío Gonzalez
Jose Vicente Devis
Empathy and sympathy as mediators between parental inductive discipline and prosocial behavior in Colombian families
description The objective of this study was to evaluate the mediation of adolescent empathy and sympathy between parental inductive discipline and adolescent prosocial behavior, as well as to understand whether there are differences between male and female adolescents regarding moral emotions and prosocial behavior and differences between fathers and mothers regarding inductive discipline. The study enrolled 717 participants: 239 fathers, 239 mothers, and one adolescent child of each paired mother and father. Two models of mediation were undertaken, one for empathy and another for sympathy, both resulted statistically significant. Significant differences were also found between male and female adolescents in empathy but not in sympathy or prosocial behavior; specifically, female adolescents tended to be more empathetic than male adolescents. We suggest future studies focus on prosocial behavior associated with parental socioeconomic and educational levels.
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author Ivon Paola Guevara
Victoria Eugenia Cabrera
Martha Rocío Gonzalez
Jose Vicente Devis
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Victoria Eugenia Cabrera
Martha Rocío Gonzalez
Jose Vicente Devis
author_sort Ivon Paola Guevara
title Empathy and sympathy as mediators between parental inductive discipline and prosocial behavior in Colombian families
title_short Empathy and sympathy as mediators between parental inductive discipline and prosocial behavior in Colombian families
title_full Empathy and sympathy as mediators between parental inductive discipline and prosocial behavior in Colombian families
title_fullStr Empathy and sympathy as mediators between parental inductive discipline and prosocial behavior in Colombian families
title_full_unstemmed Empathy and sympathy as mediators between parental inductive discipline and prosocial behavior in Colombian families
title_sort empathy and sympathy as mediators between parental inductive discipline and prosocial behavior in colombian families
publisher Universidad de San Buenaventura
publishDate 2015
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