Preschoolers' Vicarious Emotional Responding and Their Situational and Dispositional Prosocial Behavior.

Eisenberg, Nancy

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ERIC Number: EJ421806

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Preschoolers' Vicarious Emotional Responding and Their Situational and Dispositional Prosocial Behavior.

Eisenberg, Nancy

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, v36 n4 p507-29 Oct 1990

The relation of prosocial behavior of 53 preschoolers to different modes of vicarious emotional responses was examined. Videotapes were used to elicit empathy, whereas vicarious emotional responses and defensive behaviors were assessed by means of self-report, facial, and heart-rate indexes. (SH)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Development, Defense Mechanisms, Emotional Response, Empathy, Facial Expressions, Personality Development, Preschool Children, Prosocial Behavior, Social Behavior

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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