TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving Empathy in the Prevention of Sexual Abuse Against Children and Youngsters
AU - Man-Ging, Carlos Ignacio
AU - Böhm, Bettina
AU - Fuchs, Katharina Anna
AU - Witte, Susanne
AU - Frick, Eckhard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2015/10/3
Y1 - 2015/10/3
N2 - The aim of this research is to study the improvement of empathy in child-care professionals (i.e., teachers, psychologists, social workers) involved in the prevention of sexual abuse against children and youngsters. An E-Learning training pilot program was conducted with pre-and post-measures (T1 = at the beginning and T2 = after 6 months) using the programs standardized questionnaires of Situational Empathy and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) as a Dispositional Empathy measure. A sample of 42 experienced professionals involved in activities with children and youngsters was obtained from the International Movement of Popular Education in Latin America called "Fe y Alegriá." Significant progress was found in the scales of Situational Empathy and in some Coping subscales. The final outcomes seem to indicate that the prevention program elicits important changes in the cognitive sphere and that these changes are more intense when the implication level for the situation is greater. This research shows that empathy can be improved through professional experience and careful situational involvement.
AB - The aim of this research is to study the improvement of empathy in child-care professionals (i.e., teachers, psychologists, social workers) involved in the prevention of sexual abuse against children and youngsters. An E-Learning training pilot program was conducted with pre-and post-measures (T1 = at the beginning and T2 = after 6 months) using the programs standardized questionnaires of Situational Empathy and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) as a Dispositional Empathy measure. A sample of 42 experienced professionals involved in activities with children and youngsters was obtained from the International Movement of Popular Education in Latin America called "Fe y Alegriá." Significant progress was found in the scales of Situational Empathy and in some Coping subscales. The final outcomes seem to indicate that the prevention program elicits important changes in the cognitive sphere and that these changes are more intense when the implication level for the situation is greater. This research shows that empathy can be improved through professional experience and careful situational involvement.
KW - E-Learning
KW - Fe y Alegriá
KW - child-care professionals
KW - emotions
KW - empathetic communication
KW - intervention pilot program
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U2 - 10.1080/10538712.2015.1077366
DO - 10.1080/10538712.2015.1077366
M3 - Article
C2 - 26523447
AN - SCOPUS:84946145091
SN - 1053-8712
VL - 24
SP - 796
EP - 815
JO - Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
JF - Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
IS - 7
ER -