Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
J Exp Child Psychol. 2021 Aug;208:105151. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105151. Epub 2021 Apr 20.
Although maltreatment places youths at risk for substantial deficits in prosociality, effective methods of improving these deficits have yet to be identified. The current investigation tested whether prosociality could be enhanced in maltreated youths by increasing their awareness of others' sadness. Maltreated youths (n = 145) and matched community youths (n = 106) aged 6-17 years completed a sharing task within which labels about a peer's emotions (sad vs. neutral) were experimentally manipulated. Youths who received the sad emotion label about a peer's feelings showed greater empathic concern, and in turn generosity, toward that peer than youths who received the neutral label. Findings offer new insight into potential methods of improving prosocial responding in youths and thus provide direction for intervention efforts.
尽管虐待使青少年面临亲社会行为严重缺陷的风险，但尚未确定有效改善这些缺陷的方法。当前的研究测试了通过增加他们对他人悲伤的认识是否可以提高受虐待青少年的亲社会行为。研究纳入了 145 名受虐待的青少年和 106 名匹配的社区青少年（年龄 6-17 岁），在一项分享任务中，对同伴的情绪（悲伤 vs. 中性）标签进行了实验操作。与接受同伴中性情绪标签的青少年相比，接受同伴悲伤情绪标签的青少年对该同伴表现出更多的同理心关怀，进而表现出更多的慷慨。研究结果为改善青少年亲社会反应的潜在方法提供了新的见解，从而为干预努力提供了方向。
