Moral emotions associated with prosocial and antisocial behavior in school-aged children

• María José Ortiz Barón ^[1] ; Itziar Etxebarria Bilbao ^[1] ; Pedro Apodaca Urquijo ^[1] ; Susana Conejero López ^[1] ; Aitzibert Pascual Jimeno ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

     Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

     Leioa, España

     
• Localización: Psicothema, ISSN-e 1886-144X, ISSN 0214-9915, Vol. 30, Nº. 1, 2018, págs. 82-88
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Emociones morales asociadas a la conducta prosocial y antisocial en escolares
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    Antecedentes: el presente estudio pretendió investigar los efectos principales e interactivos de la empatía, la culpa, la vergüenza, el orgullo y específi camente el orgullo moral en la conducta prosocial y antisocial de los niños. Método: la muestra estuvo compuesta por 351 chicos y chicas de 10 a 14 años escolarizados/as en cuatro centros educativos del País Vasco (Spain). Para los análisis estadísticos se utilizaron los modelos de regresión jerárquica múltiple. Resultados: la conducta prosocial fue predicha por la interacción aditiva de la empatía y el orgullo moral, por la culpa y, en menor medida, por la vergüenza. Respecto a la conducta antisocial, los niños con elevada disposición a sentir culpa mostraron bajos niveles de conducta antisocial, independientemente de sus niveles de empatía. Sin embargo, la combinación de baja empatía y baja culpa se asoció con los mayores niveles de conducta antisocial. En cuanto a la vergüenza, se asoció moderadamente con la conducta antisocial.

    Conclusiones: la exploración de las interacciones ha proporcionado una perspectiva más matizada y compleja sobre las variables emocionales asociadas a la conducta prosocial y antisocial de los niños.

  • English

    Background: The present study aims to explore the main effects and interactive effects of empathy, guilt, shame, pride (authentic and hubristic), and moral pride, on prosocial and antisocial behavior in children.

    Method: The sample group comprised 351 children aged between 10 and 14 selected from four schools in the Basque Country (Spain). Hierarchical multiple regression models were used in the statistical analyses. Results:

    Prosocial behavior was found to be predicted by the additive interaction between empathy and moral pride, by guilt and, to a lesser extent and negatively, by shame. In relation to antisocial behavior, children with a strong disposition to guilt scored lower for antisocial behavior, regardless of their empathy levels. Nevertheless, the combination of low empathy and low guilt levels was associated with highest antisocial behavior scores. As regards shame, this emotion was moderately associated with antisocial behavior. Conclusions: By exploring interactions the present study provided a more nuanced view of the emotional factors associated with children´s prosocial and antisocial behavior

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