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Social perspective-taking skills in maltreated children and adolescents

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ID9787714
AuthorsJacob A Burack (0000-0002-7121-2727, McGill University, corresponding author), Tara Flanagan (0000-0002-9450-9072, McGill University), Terry Peled (McGill University), Hazel M Sutton (McGill University), Catherine Zygmuntowicz (McGill University), Jody Todd Manly (0000-0001-9233-0266)
Year2006
Volume42
Issue2
Pages207-217
Publication date2006-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0012-1649.42.2.207
PMID16569161
OpenAlexW2059622553
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited63

The primary goal of this study was to assess the ability of maltreated school-age children and adolescents to understand the thoughts, feelings, and points of view of others. Level of egocentrism and social perspective-taking coordination were assessed in a group of 49 maltreated and 49 demographically matched nonmaltreated children. Twenty-six elementary and 23 high school students in each group were individually interviewed and their responses to hypothetical interpersonal situations coded for egocentricity and level of perspective-taking ability. The findings revealed that maltreated children and adolescents were more egocentric and delayed in their social perspective-taking development than their nonmaltreated peers and that they reported lower levels of global self-worth. However, differences within the group of maltreated children and adolescents emerged with regard to negotiating novel relationships, as those with fewer internalizing or externalizing symptoms exhibited better skills in this area than their peers who displayed more symptoms

Child abuse · Child neglect · Developmental psychology · Egocentrism · Empathy · Feeling · Injury prevention · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Perspective (graphical · Perspective-taking · Poison control · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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