Disengagement is as revealing as prosocial action for young children’s responding to strangers in distress: How personal distress and empathic concern come into play
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DOI: 10.1177/0165025420912015
Abstract: In a paradigm of simulated stranger distress designed to elicit empathic arousal, this study examined multiple elements of responding in 61 preschoolers. Disengagement from stranger distress was underscored in addition to prosocial responding. All children… read more here.
Keywords: personal distress; disengagement; stranger distress; empathic concern ... See more keywords