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Title:

Correlation between parents – children relationship and empathy levels in 14–16 years old adolescences

Subject and Keywords:

empathy   parents-children relationships   channels of empathy   socially desirable behaviour   acceptance

Abstract:

The research aims to explore the correlation between the parents-children relationships and empathy levels in the adolescence period. In the theoretical part, definitions, implemented research methods and results of previous research were analysed and evaluated. Study objectives were the theoretical analysis of the current understanding of the empathy issues and parents – children relationships, as well as empirical exploration of links between empathy and parenting styles. Based on the previous research, we hypothesized that there is a link between parents-children relationships and empathy levels in the adolescence period. 90 adolescents and their parents participated in the study; the median age for the group of adolescents was Me = 15 years, for the group of parents Me = 37. Implemented study methods: Parental Attitude Questionnaire and Empathy Capacity Diagnostics test. A computer program SPSS 20.0 was implemented for data processing. According to the obtained data, a significant proportion of adolescents (58.0%) have low levels of empathy. The results of this research revealed two weak positive correlations between parents-children relationships and empathy levels in the adolescence period: a correlation between the level of Acceptance and the level of a Rational empathy channel (r = 0.237, n = 90, p < 0.05) and a correlation between the level of a Socially desirable behaviour and the level of an Identification channel (r = 0.270, n = 90, p < 0.05). The hypothesis of the study was partially confirmed.

Place of publishing:

Wrocław

Publisher:

Zakład Historii Edukacji Instytutu Pedagogiki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego

Date issued:

2017

Detailed Type:

journal

Identifier:

ISSN 2082-9019   e-ISSN 2300-5866

DOI:

doi:10.23734/wwr20171.155.163

Source:

Pdg P 343

Language:

eng

Relation:

Wychowanie w Rodzinie, T. 15 (1/2017)

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Rights holder:

Copyright by Lyudmila Kalinnikova   Copyright by Elena Shaplavska   Copyright by Kristina Skadmane

Location of original object:

Biblioteka Instytutu Pedagogiki UWr

Autor opisu:

h.w.