A Study of Empathy in Young Greek and U.S. Children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7842894 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kiki Vlachouli Roe (University of California, Los Angeles) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 493-502 |
| Publication date | 1977-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002202217784010 |
| OpenAlex | W2127489341 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 13 |
To gauge the effect that different attitudes and child-rearing practices may have on the development of empathy, the responses to the Feshbach and Roe Affective Situational Test for Empathy of 64 Athenian children were compared to those obtained earlier from 46 children in Los Angeles. Athenian girls were more empathic than Athenian boys, whereas no such difference was detected in the Los Angeles children. Children in both environments responded more empathically to stories depicting children whose sex was the same as the subject's sex. Also, the children in Los Angeles scored higher in empathy than the children in Athens. These differences are attributed to different patterns of discipline and sex-role expectations
Developmental psychology · Empathy · Situational ethics · Test (biology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology
Conduct And Conscience
Empathy in Six- and Seven-Year-Olds
Conscience, Personality, and Socialization Techniques
The development of empathy in Chinese and American children between three and six years of age
Egocentrism and antisocial behavior
Early sex differences in empathy
The relationship between empathy and aggression in two age groups
Empathy in Children
Parent discipline and the child's moral development
Three cross-cultural studies of subjective culture
Frequency of contact and stereotyping
Moral conduct and moral character
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1980 - 2026 (47) |
| Highly cited | No |