Empathy and Role-Taking Ability: Guilt Feelings in 5-Year-Old Preschoolers

• ISHIKAWA TAKAYUKI

  GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY, DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY

• UCHIYAMA ICHIRO

  DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 5歳児の罪悪感に共感性と役割取得能力が及ぼす影響について

Abstract

Influences of both empathy and role-taking ability on guilt feelings were investigated in a study in which participants were 5-year-old preschoolers. Guilt feelings were induced by manipulating interpersonal situations and rule-breaking situations. 100 preshoolers were assessed on the following indices: guilt, empathy, and role-taking ability. Guilt was measured in terms of “feeling sorry”; empathy, by the Affective Situation Test ; and role-taking ability, by Selman's Task. The results indicate that empathy influenced guilt feelings in the interpersonal situation, and role-taking ability affected guilt feelings in the rule-breaking situation.

Journal

• The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology

  The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology 49 (1), 60-68, 2001

  The Japanese Association of Educational Psychology

Keywords

• guilt feelings
• empathy
• role-taking ability
• 5-year-old preschoolers

Details

• CRID: 1390001205460615808
• NII Article ID: 130004698408
• DOI: 10.5926/jjep1953.49.1_60
• ISSN: 00215015
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/00215015
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • Crossref
  • CiNii Articles
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed