TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - The Relationship between Emotional Competence and Hostile/Prosocial Behavior in Albanian Preschoolers: An Exploratory Study
JO  - School psychology international
A1  - Farina, Eleonora
A1  - Belacchi, Carmen
SP  - 475
EP  - 484
VL  - 35
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0143-0343
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143034313511011
ID  - ref1
ER  -