The Role of Parents’ Empathic Tendencies in Children Value Acquisition

Abstract

The present study aims to reveal the predictive role of parents' empathic tendencies in children value acquisition. Research Methods:We conducted a relational survey study, including 170 children aged 60-72 months, 85 of whom were girls and 85 were boys, who were attending the kindergarten school in Malatya City, and their parents. The Pre-school Values Scale Student Form, Empathy Tendency Scale and Sociodemographic Information Form were used to collect data. Findings: Results indicated that there was a significant positive correlation between value of children and parent's empathic tendencies. As empathic and sympathetic tendencies of parents increased, the children's respect, honesty,

Relationships between School Climate and Values: The Mediating Role of Attitudes towards Authority in Adolescents

“…This study highlights that school climate, which is located in the microsystem [ 1 ], is indirectly influenced by values in personal, social, and individualistic dimensions through attitudes towards authority. It is relevant to note that these values are primarily obtained in the family microsystem [ 53 ], but are also influenced by more distant subsystems, such as the macrosystem [ 54 ], impacting individual and group behaviors such as school climate [ 7 ]. In this sense, it is relevant to point out that the promotion of adolescent values, which can be learned in the family, educational institutions, or society, will indirectly and positively impact school relationships, which at the same time will be influenced by attitudes towards authority referents.…”

“…It is important to note that the intervention work of schools must be rooted in the ecological model [ 28 ] and focused on the potential of adolescents, expanding past the perspective focused on risk factors [ 46 ] to include the family, given its importance in the formation and transmission of values [ 53 ]. In addition, interventions should consider factors located in more distant ecological subsystems that indirectly affect student interactions, such as the assets of the neighborhood [ 37 , 55 ].…”

“…Values and their formation are influenced by different social subsystems [ 28 ]. At the microsystemic level, children learn values directly from their family, while at the mesosystemic level, the school stands out in the formation of students’ values [ 53 ]. At the exosystemic level, values are indirectly influenced by the neighborhood [ 37 ].…”