A preliminary investigation of the relationship between parental empathy and social anxiety and children's social anxiety
Contribuinte(s) |
Moore, Kathleen A. |
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Data(s) |
01/01/2003
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Resumo |
This study investigated the association between parents' social anxiety and empathy, and their children's social anxiety, Twenty-one mothers, 12 fathers and 24 children aged between 7 and 12 years were recruited from state primary schools in the eastern metropolitan region of Melbourne, Australia. Parents completed self-report questionnaires assessing their parental empathy and level of social anxiety. Children completed a modified version of the social anxiety questionnaire. All parent variables, except for maternal anxiety, were related to children's social anxiety. Overall, parental empathy was found to have a considerable association with child social anxiety, which is consistent with arguments that micro-level family mechanisms are important influences on child social anxiety. Future studies of parental empathy with clinical populations and data collection from multiple sources are recommended.<br /> |
Identificador | |
Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Australian Psychological Society |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30004971/mellor-preliminaryinvestigation-2003.pdf |
Tipo |
Conference Paper |