ERIC Number: EJ1422253
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
EISSN: EISSN-1476-8275
Playfulness in Chinese Preschoolers: The Role of Self- and Other-Oriented Empathy and Gender
Early Child Development and Care, v194 n3 p435-453 2024
The self-oriented and other-oriented empathy dimensions may have different relationships with playfulness. However, a scarcity of research exists on the association between empathy and playfulness. The present research contained two studies. Parents of 386 preschoolers (M[subscript age] = 4.89, SD[subscript age] = 0.79) attended Study 1, and teachers of 369 preschoolers (M[subscript age] = 4.16, SD[subscript age] = 0.83) attended Study 2. The parents and teachers completed the Chinese versions of the Children's Playfulness Scale (CPS-C) and the Chinese Empathy Questionnaire (EmQue-C). The results of these two studies revealed the pattern of associations between empathy and playfulness: while the self-oriented empathy dimension (i.e. emotion contagion) negatively predicted preschoolers' playfulness, the two other-oriented empathy dimensions (attention to others' distress and prosocial behaviour) positively predicted playfulness. Moreover, gender moderated the association between empathy and playfulness. These findings enhanced our understanding of the social and emotional traits of playful children.
Descriptors: Empathy, Play, Gender Differences, Preschool Children, Correlation, Emotional Response, Predictor Variables, Prosocial Behavior, Individual Characteristics, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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