Model of Effects of Adult Attachment on Emotional Empathy of Counseling Students

Trusty, Jerry; Ng, Kok‐Mun; Watts, Richard E.

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6678.2005.tb00581.x

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“…However, the negative association between PACES empathy and parents' attachment anxiety did not reach significance (p = .10), adding to the conflicting findings reported by Wei et al (2011). It is possible that attachment anxiety allows some individuals to empathize more deeply with others' emotional distress if they are able to draw upon shared negative emotional experiences (Trusty, Ng, & Watts, 2005), but for other anxious individuals, personal distress may inhibit empathy if they become dysregulated (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2005). In other words, self-regulation is likely an important mediator in the association between attachment anxiety and empathy, pointing to an area for further study.…”

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confidence: 68%

Assessing parental empathy: a role for empathy in child attachment

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Borelli

Smiley

2014

Attachment & Human Development

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Although empathy has been associated with helping behavior and relationship quality, little research has evaluated the role of parental empathy in the development of parent-child relationships. The current study (1) establishes preliminary validity of the Parental Affective and Cognitive Empathy Scale (PACES), a method for coding empathy from parents' narrative responses to the Parent Development Interview - Revised for School-Aged Children (PDI-R-SC), and (2) tests a theoretical model of empathy and attachment. Sixty caregivers and their children completed a battery of questionnaire and interview measures, including the PDI-R-SC and the Child Attachment Interview (CAI). Caregivers' interview narratives were scored for empathy using PACES. PACES showed good interrater reliability and good convergent validity with a self-report empathy measure. Parent empathy was positively related to child attachment security (using a continuous score for narrative coherence) and emotional openness on the CAI, as well as to child perceptions of parental warmth. Moreover, parent empathy mediated the relation between parents' self-reported attachment style and their children's attachment security. Implications for attachment theory and future directions for establishing scale validity are discussed.

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confidence: 68%

Assessing parental empathy: a role for empathy in child attachment

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Borelli

Smiley

2014

Attachment & Human Development

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“…That is, as theory suggests, attachment security was found to be positively related to dispositional empathy, whereas avoidance of intimacy and anxiety over abandonment were found to be negatively associated with dispositional empathy (e.g., Britton & Fuendeling, 2005;Joireman, Needham, & Cummings, 2001;Trusty, Ng, & Watts, 2005). High avoidance was also found to be negatively related to empathy for the bereaved following the September 11th attacks, whereas a curvilinear relationship was uncovered between anxious attachment and empathy, with people scoring in the middle of the attachment anxiety continuum reporting greater empathy for the bereaved than those scoring at the lower or higher ends (Wayment, 2006).…”

Section: Attachment and Empathymentioning

confidence: 94%

A dyadic approach to the study of romantic attachment, dyadic empathy, and psychological partner aggression

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Lafontaine

Brassard

2011

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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This study examined the intrapersonal, dyadic, and mediational relationships underlying romantic attachment (Experiences in Close Relationships), dyadic empathy (Interpersonal Reactivity Index for Couples), and psychological partner aggression (Revised Conflict Tactics Scales) in 193 community-based couples. In women, attachment insecurity predicted lower dyadic empathy and greater psychological aggression. In men, attachment insecurity predicted lower perspective taking, higher empathic concern, and greater psychological aggression. Partner effects were found for men, with their attachment predicting their female partner's dyadic empathy and psychological aggression. In women, low perspective taking mediated the relationship between: (1) their anxiety over abandonment and their psychological aggression; and (2) their avoidance of intimacy and their psychological aggression. Findings are consistent with the attachment theory and clinical implications are discussed.

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“…Thus, it is the perception rather than actual recollections that Adlerians consider to be vital to assessment and treatment (Clark, 2002;Singer & Salovey, 1993). Research has demonstrated relationships between early childhood recollections and individual self-efficacy, current style of life, and coping styles (Chandler, 1986;Chandler & Willingham, 1986;Dinter, 2000;Kern, Gfroerer, Summers, Curlette, & Matheny, 1996;Trusty, Ng, & Watts, 2005). However, we could find no research addressing perceived early childhood family influence and chronic pain.…”

Section: Perceived Early Childhood Family Influencementioning

confidence: 90%