幼儿时期对他人的同情关心的先驱者:一项17年长度研究
Sujin Lee1, Ka I Ip2, Ramaswami Mahalingam3
1Department of Psychology, University of Michigan.
The journal of positive psychology
|October 20, 2025
概括
早期积极的育儿和童年同情心在新兴的成年期培养了富有同情心的关注. 女性性别也发挥着作用,强调了母亲对亲社会发展的支持的重要性.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 纵向研究 纵向研究
背景情况:
- 了解同情关心的起源对于促进亲社会行为至关重要.
- 影响同理心和同情心发展的早期生活因素需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 检查在新兴的成年期发展途径,以同情关心.
- 调查儿童个体 (性别,同理心),父母 (积极育儿) 和环境 (母亲资源/压力) 因素在童年中的作用.
主要方法:
- 这是一项长达17年的纵向研究,涉及241名儿童及其母亲.
- 在儿童年龄为3,6和19岁时使用多种方法和信息人收集的数据.
- 使用结构方程建模来分析发育途径.
主要成果:
- 积极的育儿调解了母亲早期调整和儿童同理心之间的关系.
- 中年儿童和女性性别的高同情心预测了新兴成年期更大的同情关注.
- 母亲的资源和支持,以及育儿,对于亲社会行为至关重要.
结论:
- 早期积极的育儿和母亲的支持是培养同情心和同情关心的关键.
- 针对儿童早期这些因素的干预措施可能会在新兴的成年期促进亲社会行为.
- 在同情关心的发展中性别差异需要进一步探索.
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