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Young children's representations of peers' distress: Associations to children's social functioning and acceptance of distressed peers

In English

Författare

  • Hans Bengtsson
  • Gun Persson

Summary, in English

Children's mental representations of situations involving another child's distress were examined in two studies. Study 1 examined 3- to 7-year-old children's (n = 44) ideas about what victims and bystanders would think, feel and do in hypothetical situations. In Study 2, 7- to 8-year-olds (n = 40) described their own cognitive response to situations in which they were confronted with another's distress. In both studies, representational bias was examined in relation to children's display of prosocial and aggressive behavior and in relation to their acceptance of distressed peers. Although not entirely consistent, findings indicate that three types of representational biases are associated with low levels of considerate behavior and with relatively low acceptance of distressed peers: (a) mentally representing the victim's problem without giving thought to its implications for the victim, (b) significantly reducing the emotional significance of the problem and (c) exaggerating negative aspects of the problem.

Publiceringsår

2007

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

203-213

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volym

48

Issue

3

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Wiley-Blackwell

Ämne

  • Psychology

Nyckelord

  • empathy
  • aggressive behavior
  • prosocial behavior
  • representational bias

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1467-9450