Bar Ilan University, Israel.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2010 Jan;36(1):33-46. doi: 10.1177/0146167209347381. Epub 2009 Oct 9.
Two studies examined the relations between young adults' empathic responding and their perceptions of two maternal behaviors. As predicted from self-determination theory, perceived maternal control had unique negative associations with empathic support of one's romantic partner (indicated by both self-reports and partner reports) and with empathic concern for others in general, and a unique positive association with personal distress in response to others in need. Perceived maternal responsiveness to distress was a unique positive predictor of empathic concern. The findings suggest that the experience of one's mother as controlling is likely to interfere with one's empathic responding and that high levels of perceived maternal responsiveness do not cancel the negative effects of the experience of controlling parenting. Furthermore, the findings suggest that high levels of perceived maternal responsiveness might exacerbate the negative relations between perceived maternal control and personal distress in response to others in need.
两项研究考察了年轻人的同理心反应与其对两种母性行为的看法之间的关系。从自我决定理论预测，感知到的母亲控制与对伴侣的同理心支持（自我报告和伴侣报告均表明）以及对他人的普遍同理心关怀具有独特的负相关，与对有需要的他人的个人痛苦的独特正相关。感知到的母亲对痛苦的反应是对他人同理心关怀的独特积极预测因素。研究结果表明，一个人经历的母亲的控制很可能会干扰他的同理心反应，并且感知到的母亲的高反应性并不能抵消控制养育经历的负面影响。此外，研究结果表明，感知到的母亲的高反应性可能会加剧感知到的母亲控制与对有需要的他人的个人痛苦之间的负相关关系。
