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Empathy in boys with disruptive behavior disorders.

Minet de Wied1, Paul P Goudena, Walter Matthys

  • 1Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. m.dewied@fss.uu.nl

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines
|July 22, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Boys with disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) show less empathy for sadness and anger, but not happiness. Empathy deficits correlate with aggressive behavior, suggesting situational factors influence emotional responses.

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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Child Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Disruptive Behavior Disorders (DBD) are common in childhood.
  • Empathy deficits may be associated with DBD.
  • Understanding empathy in DBD is crucial for intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate empathy differences in clinically referred boys with DBD compared to controls.
  • To examine situational and dispositional empathy in relation to disruptive behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed situational empathy using vignettes depicting sadness, anger, and happiness.
  • Measured dispositional affective empathy via a self-report questionnaire.
  • Compared empathy responses between 25 DBD boys and 24 age-matched controls.

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Main Results:

  • Boys with DBD exhibited deficits in both dispositional and situational empathy.
  • Lower empathy correlated with higher parent-reported aggressive/disruptive behavior.
  • DBD boys showed reduced empathy for sadness and anger, but not happiness.

Conclusions:

  • Findings indicate empathy deficits in boys with DBD.
  • Situational factors may contribute to reduced empathy for sadness in DBD.
  • Targeting specific emotional deficits could inform therapeutic strategies.