"I Don't Care About What You Want!": The Relation Between Juvenile Delinquents' Responses to Social Problem Situations and Empathy in Secure Juvenile Institutions

E. J. E. Heynen; G. H. P. van der Helm; I. B. Wissink; G. J. J. M. Stams; X. M. H. Moonen

doi:10.1177/0886260515618212

"I Don't Care About What You Want!": The Relation Between Juvenile Delinquents' Responses to Social Problem Situations and Empathy in Secure Juvenile Institutions

E. J. E. Heynen^*, G. H. P. van der Helm, I. B. Wissink, G. J. J. M. Stams, X. M. H. Moonen

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Abstract

The present study examined the relation between juvenile delinquents' responses to social problem situations and empathy in secure juvenile institutions. The sample consisted of 79 delinquent boys (62%) and 49 delinquent girls (38%), aged 12 to 19 years. Results showed problems with accepting authority to be negatively related to both affective and cognitive empathy. Inadequate coping with competition was negatively related to cognitive empathy, whereas problems with receiving or giving help were negatively related to affective empathy. The central role of authority problems suggests that group workers could influence adolescents' empathy development by helping them to learn to cope with social problem situations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1412-1426
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Volume	33
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515618212
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2018

Keywords

social problem situations
empathy
secure juvenile institutions
juvenile delinquents
PERSPECTIVE-TAKING
MORAL JUDGMENT
GROUP CLIMATE
METAANALYSIS
ADOLESCENTS
ATTACHMENT
BEHAVIOR
YOUTH
RECIDIVISM
VALIDATION

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"I Don't Care About What You Want!": The Relation Between Juvenile Delinquents' Responses to Social Problem Situations and Empathy in Secure Juvenile Institutions. / Heynen, E. J. E.; van der Helm, G. H. P.; Wissink, I. B. et al.
In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 33, No. 9, 01.05.2018, p. 1412-1426.

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