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Predictors of outgroup empathy among majority and minority children in a conflict-affected society
Alternative Title
Children's outgroup empathy
Date Issued
2022-08-03
Date Available
2023-05-15T16:04:56Z
Abstract
We examined the predictors of outgroup empathy in children growing up in a city devastated during the fall of the Former Yugoslavia. Children (N=155; 76 male, 79 female) from both majority (64.5% Croatian) and minority (35.5% Serbian) ethnic groups, ranging from 6 to 11 years old (M=8.77, SD=1.15) participated. A multiple-group path analysis in Mplus found that age, general empathy, quality contact and perceived intergroup conflict related to higher outgroup empathy. There were no significant links from gender, quantity contact or outgroup friends to outgroup empathy. The findings were consistent across majority and minority ethnic groups. Implications are discussed.
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Society for Research on Child Development Small Grants Program for Early Career Scholars
British Tackling the UK’s International Challenges Programme
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Wiley
Journal
Children and Society
Volume
36
Issue
5
Start Page
949
End Page
967
Copyright (Published Version)
2022 the Authors
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0951-0605
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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