A Cognitive/Affective Empathy Training Program as a Function of Ego Development in Aggressive Adolescent Females.

Pecukonis, Edward V.

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ERIC Number: EJ412929

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Publication Date: 1990

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A Cognitive/Affective Empathy Training Program as a Function of Ego Development in Aggressive Adolescent Females.

Pecukonis, Edward V.

Adolescence, v25 n97 p59-76 Spr 1990

Investigated effects of affective/cognitive empathy training program on empathy level in 24 aggressive adolescent girls in residential treatment center. Experimental group was exposed to training sessions to increase empathy levels. Posttest revealed significant positive relationships between ego development and both affective and cognitive empathy. Training significantly increased affective empathy level; increases in cognitive empathy were unremarkable. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Aggression, Cognitive Restructuring, Empathy, Females, Program Effectiveness, Residential Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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