Firstborn's empathy and the sibling relationship quality: The moderating role of maternal emotional availability.

IF 3.1 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2024-10-31 DOI:10.1037/dev0001857

Porat Yakov, Kinneret Levavi, Florina Uzefovsky, Alison Pike, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Amnon Hadar, Guy Bar, Miron Froimovici, Naama Atzaba-Poria

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This study examined how a firstborn child's empathy interacts with maternal emotional availability (EA) to predict later positive sibling relationships. The study included 108 families expecting a second child who also had a 10- to 45-month-old firstborn child (M = 24.6 months, SD = 7.42; 58 girls). Before the second-born child arrived, the firstborn child's empathic abilities were measured, and a mother-child play interaction was videotaped and coded for maternal EA. At 16-18 months postpartum, mothers completed questionnaires assessing the quality of the sibling relationship. Maternal EA moderated the link between the firstborn's cognitive and emotional empathy and the quality of the sibling relationship. Higher levels of emotional and cognitive empathy predicted better sibling relationships for children whose mothers were more emotionally available. Implications for early interventions are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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长子的同理心与兄弟姐妹关系的质量：母亲情感可用性的调节作用。

本研究探讨了头胎孩子的同理心如何与母亲的情感可得性（EA）相互作用，以预测日后积极的兄弟姐妹关系。这项研究包括 108 个准备要第二个孩子的家庭，这些家庭都有一个 10 到 45 个月大的头胎孩子（中位数 = 24.6 个月，标准差 = 7.42；58 个女孩）。在第二个孩子到来之前，对第一个孩子的移情能力进行了测量，并对母子间的游戏互动进行了录像和编码。产后 16-18 个月时，母亲们填写了评估兄弟姐妹关系质量的问卷。母亲情感体验调节了长子的认知和情感共鸣与兄弟姐妹关系质量之间的联系。情感和认知共情水平越高，预示着母亲情感可获得性越高的孩子的兄弟姐妹关系越好。本文讨论了早期干预的意义。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, 版权所有）。

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Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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期刊介绍： Developmental Psychology ® publishes articles that significantly advance knowledge and theory about development across the life span. The journal focuses on seminal empirical contributions. The journal occasionally publishes exceptionally strong scholarly reviews and theoretical or methodological articles. Studies of any aspect of psychological development are appropriate, as are studies of the biological, social, and cultural factors that affect development. The journal welcomes not only laboratory-based experimental studies but studies employing other rigorous methodologies, such as ethnographies, field research, and secondary analyses of large data sets. We especially seek submissions in new areas of inquiry and submissions that will address contradictory findings or controversies in the field as well as the generalizability of extant findings in new populations. Although most articles in this journal address human development, studies of other species are appropriate if they have important implications for human development. Submissions can consist of single manuscripts, proposed sections, or short reports.