Cognitive empathy as a moderator in the relation between negative emotionality traits and schoolchildren’s aggressive behaviours

Sánchez-Pérez, Noelia; González Salinas, Carmen

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Cognitive empathy as a moderator in the relation between negative emotionality traits and schoolchildren’s aggressive behaviours

dc.contributor.author	Sánchez-Pérez, Noelia
dc.contributor.author	González Salinas, Carmen
dc.contributor.department	Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación
dc.date.accessioned	2026-01-23T17:22:08Z
dc.date.available	2026-01-23T17:22:08Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.description.abstract	Given the consequences of aggressive behaviours for children’s development, researchers have tried to ascertain which individual characteristics might act as risk factors. This study examined the potential association of negative emotionality traits and empathy abilities with children’s aggressive behaviours in the classroom. In undertaking this task, main and interaction effects between the dispositional variables were taken into account. The sample was composed of 141 children (M = 8.75; 78 boys). Parents reported on their children’s empathy and negative emotionality, and teachers reported aggressive behaviours exhibited by children at school. The analyses showed a main effect of cognitive empathy on aggressive behaviours, and interaction effects between children’s negative emotionality traits (anger, fear, and sadness), and cognitive empathy. No significant results were found for models including negative reactivity and affective empathy. These findings provide insights that could be helpful for the development of intervention programmes aiming at preventing the negative consequences of aggressive behaviours in childhood.
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429287459-15
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-367-25374-5
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/192589
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
dc.relation	This study was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (project PSI2017-84556-P, FEDER funds).
dc.relation.ispartof	Empathy versus Offending, Aggression and Bullying. Advancing knowledge using the basic empathy scale. Ed.: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 157-171
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dc.title	Cognitive empathy as a moderator in the relation between negative emotionality traits and schoolchildren’s aggressive behaviours
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