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A preliminary investigation of the relationship between parental empathy and social anxiety and children's social anxiety
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posted on 2003-01-01, 00:00 authored by A Dukes, David MellorDavid Mellor, V Flory, Kathleen MooreThis study investigated the association between parents' social anxiety and empathy, and their children's social anxiety, Twenty-one mothers, 12 fathers and 24 children aged between 7 and 12 years were recruited from state primary schools in the eastern metropolitan region of Melbourne, Australia. Parents completed self-report questionnaires assessing their parental empathy and level of social anxiety. Children completed a modified version of the social anxiety questionnaire. All parent variables, except for maternal anxiety, were related to children's social anxiety. Overall, parental empathy was found to have a considerable association with child social anxiety, which is consistent with arguments that micro-level family mechanisms are important influences on child social anxiety. Future studies of parental empathy with clinical populations and data collection from multiple sources are recommended.
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Relationships : family, work and community : proceedings of the 3rd Annual Australasian Psychology of Relationships Conference, 15-16th November, 2003Event
Australasian Psychology of Relationships Conference (3rd : 2003 : Melbourne, Vic.)Pagination
33 - 39Publisher
Australian Psychological SocietyLocation
Melbourne, VictoriaPlace of publication
Melbourne, VicStart date
2003-11-15End date
2003-11-16ISBN-13
9780909881245ISBN-10
0909881243Language
engPublication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereedEditor/Contributor(s)
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