 Empathy and coping strategies in youths subject to protection measuresJuan Manuel Moreno-Manso, Mª. Elena García-Baamonde, Macarena Blázquez-Alonso, Eloísa Guerrero-Barona and Mª. José Godoy-Merino Children and Youth Services Review, 2018, vol. 93, issue C, 100-107 Abstract: This research analyses the cognitive and affective empathy, as well as the coping styles and strategies in youths in residential care between the ages of 12 and 17 years. The youths are subject to protection measures due to experiences of abuse and/or neglect. It analyses the relation between the dimensions of empathy and the coping styles and strategies, as well as the contribution of empathy in predicting how the youths cope with problems. The results show that both the affective and cognitive dimensions of empathy are affected. The youths have difficulties to adopt different perspectives and emotional understanding, and they manifest low levels of empathic stress and empathic joy. Their scarce cognitive and affective empathy is connected with and predicts an unproductive coping style which is oriented towards the self. This research provides highly useful information for the design of programmes based on empathy and coping for youths suffering neglect. Keywords: Empathy; Coping strategies; Residential care; Protection of minors; Child abuse (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:93:y:2018:i:c:p:100-107 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.07.011 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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