Understanding Prosocial Behavior: The Impact of Empathy and Gender Among African American Adolescents

McMahon, Susan D.; Wernsman, Jamie; Parnes, Anna L.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.10.008

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“…In other studies, empathy is associated with less negative reactions to insults especially in males when compared to females (Toussaint & Webb, 2005).The interaction between empathy and gender in the prediction of prosocial behaviour shows a strong link between empathy and prosocial behaviour in males (McMahon, Wernsman, & Parnes, 2006).…”

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Are Women More Empathetic than Men? A Longitudinal Study in Adolescence

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Since the 1970s there has been a growing interest in analysing sex differences in psychological variables. Empirical studies and meta-analyses have contributed evidence on the differences between male and female individuals. More recently, the gender similarities hypothesis has supported the similarity of men and women in most psychological variables. This study contributes information on women's greater empathic disposition in comparison with men by means of a longitudinal design in an adolescent population. 505 male and female adolescents aged between 13 and 16 years were evaluated at two different moments (grade 2 and grade 3, lower secondary education). They completed the Index of Empathy for Children and Adolescents by Bryant and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index by Davis. The results confirm a greater empathic response in females than in males of the same age, differences growing with age. The sizes of the effect estimated in the second evaluation (average age 14 years) are large for emotional empathy and medium for cognitive empathy. Keywords: empathy, gender differences, adolescence Desde la década de los 70 se incrementa el interés por analizar las diferencias de género en las variables psicológicas y se publican estudios empíricos y trabajos de meta-análisis que aportan evidencia de las diferencias entre varones y mujeres. Más recientemente se ha planteado la hipótesis de la similitud de género que defiende la semejanza entre varones y mujeres en la mayoría de los constructos psicológicos. Este estudio aporta datos sobre la mayor disposición empática en la mujer respecto al varón a través de un diseño longitudinal en población adolescente. 505 adolescentes varones y mujeres, con un rango de edad entre 13 y 16 años fueron evaluados en dos momentos temporales (2º y 3º curso de ESO). Cumplimentaron el Índice de Empatía de Bryant y el Índice de Reactividad Interpersonal de Davis. Los resultados confirman mayor respuesta empática en las adolescentes respecto a los varones de su misma edad y constatan que dichas diferencias aumentan con la edad. Los tamaños del efecto estimados en el segundo momento (edad media 14 años) son grandes en la empatía emocional y medios en la cognitiva.

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“…For instance, in respect with gender, McMahon, Wernsman, and Parnes (2006) [61], and Padilla -Walker, Fraser, Black and Bean (2015) [62] found that gender in prosocial behavior reaches significant difference. However, Lai, Siu and Shek (2015) [63] adopted Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong as research subject, and they found no difference.…”

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The Relationship between Parent-Child Interactions and Prosocial Behavior among Fifth- and Sixth-grade Students: Gratitude as a Mediating Variable

Ho-Tang¹,

Tseng²,

Wu³

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Parent-child interaction, gratitude and prosocial behavior have a crucial impact on psychological development. According to our literature review, these three variables are positively related to one another. Therefore, the authors created a model that treats parent-child interaction as an exogenous variable, gratitude as a mediating variable, and prosocial behaviors as endogenous variables. To test this model, the authors administered the Parent-Child Interaction Scale, the Gratitude Scale, and the Prosocial Behavior Scale, which have good validity and reliability, to a total of 987 fifth-and sixth-grade students in Kaohsiung. In regard of gender, there were 521 males, occupying 52.8%; 466 females, occupying 47.2%. In respect with grade level, there were 482 grade-5 students, occupying 48.8%; 505 grade-6 students, occupying 51.2%. Based on an analysis of data using structural equation modeling (SEM), we reached the following conclusions: 1 There was a significant positive correlation between father-child and mother-child interactions; 2. There was a significant positive correlation between parent-child interaction, gratitude, and prosocial behavior; 3. Gratitude mediated the relationship between parent-child interaction and prosocial behavior.

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“…The studies also showed that empathy is related to personality traits (Magalhães, Costa & Costa, 2012), social skills and prosocial behaviours (Eisenberg, 2005;McMahon, Wernsman, & Parnes, 2006) http: //dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2017.10.86 Corresponding Author: Sara Felizardo Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Organizing Committee of the conference eISSN: 894 and a strong association with well-being (Shanafelt et al, 2005;Wei, Liao, Ku, & Shaffer, 2011), particularly in the Perspective Taking subscale (cognitive dimension of empathy).…”

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Empathy Perception In Social Education Students: An Inter-Institutional Study

Felizardo¹,

Ribeiro²,

Novo³

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European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Affirming the profession of social educator, one who is best suited to mediate human relationships, requires an investment in training to improve the (inter)personal development of students, thereby contributing to a professional profile able to face the complex challenges of contemporary society. Research into developing empathy, a core variable in exercising of social-educational support functions, should be invested in by educational institutions. In this context, the aim of this study is to identify the students' perceptions of empathy in two higher education institutions in Portugal and to see how they vary according to academic year, gender and age, in order to understand the implications for training and outline strategies to promote (inter)personal development. It is a non-experimental, cross-sectional study, for which the Portuguese adaptation (Limpo, Alves & Castro, 2010) of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI, Davis, 1980, 1983 was used to measure empathy. The convenience sample is non-probabilistic with 242 students participating. There were no statistically significant differences in the partial and overall results of the IRI according to age and the institution. However, there were statistically significant differences in the Empathic Concern subscale, by gender and academic year. We also assessed the influence of gender on the affective dimension and on the overall empathy scale. The results obtained are in line with most of the scientific literature on empathy and allows us to outline implications in terms of education

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Understanding Prosocial Behavior: The Impact of Empathy and Gender Among African American Adolescents

Cited by 92 publications

References 9 publications

Are Women More Empathetic than Men? A Longitudinal Study in Adolescence

Are Women More Empathetic than Men? A Longitudinal Study in Adolescence

The Relationship between Parent-Child Interactions and Prosocial Behavior among Fifth- and Sixth-grade Students: Gratitude as a Mediating Variable

Empathy Perception In Social Education Students: An Inter-Institutional Study

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