@article{ref1,
title="The Relationship between Emotional Competence and Hostile/Prosocial Behavior in Albanian Preschoolers: An Exploratory Study",
journal="School psychology international",
year="2014",
author="Farina, Eleonora and Belacchi, Carmen",
volume="35",
number="5",
pages="475-484",
abstract="We explored the relationship between the ascribed tendency of Albanian preschoolers' to take on prosocial and/or hostile roles and their empathy and emotion comprehension. Participants were 63 preschoolers (3- to 6-years-old) and six teachers. Pupils' empathy and hostile/prosocial roles were assessed via teacher reports and their emotional comprehension through a non-verbal test. The results confirmed the pattern of relationships previously found in Italian preschoolers (Belacchi & Farina, 2010, 2012) among children's roles in bullying, developmental stage of emotion comprehension, and empathic disposition. Differences emerged regarding Albanian teachers' attributions of roles and empathic disposition as a function of gender; they also perceived children displaying hostile behavior as having strong perspective-taking abilities. This evaluation style may be culture-specific and related to the values of a society-in-transition such as Albania.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0143-0343",
doi="10.1177/0143034313511011",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143034313511011"
}