Empathic social skills ofs sighted and blind children: the possible influence of sociodemographic variables

Authors

  • Bárbara Carvalho Ferreira Universidade Federal de São Carlos
  • Zilda Aparecida Pereira Del Prette Universidade Federal de São Carlos
  • Daniele Carolina Lopes Universidade Federal de São Carlos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v13i1.11745

Keywords:

empathy, sociodemographic variables, blind and sighted children

Abstract

 

The development of the social skills repertoire in children, including empathic behaviors may be influenced by different cultural/social factors that interact with individual characteristics. Considering this question, the present study aimed to: (a) verify differences and similarities in the repertoire of empathy in blind and sighted children and (b) identify a possible influence of the socio-demographic variables on the empathic repertoire of blind and sighted children. Participants included 16 blind children and 16 sighted, attending regular schools, aged between seven and 10, along with their parents and teachers. Data was collected through the Questionnaire for the Evaluation of the Empathy Behavioral Indicators of Children (answered by the parents and teachers); the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS-BR); a script for the observation of the empathic behavior in structured situations; a protocol of molar and molecular observation of the empathic behaviors. Data indicated that, in relation to the empathic repertoire, there was no statistically significant difference between blind and sighted children and that this result was not affected by the socio-demographic variables measured in this study. Therefore, the lack of the sight did not compromise the development of empathy of blind children. The current findings are in accordance with the literature.

 

Keywords: empathy; sociodemographic variables; blind and sighted children.

 

Author Biographies

Bárbara Carvalho Ferreira, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Psicóloga graduada pela Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei (UFSJ), mestre em Educação Especial e doutoranda pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar).

Zilda Aparecida Pereira Del Prette, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

 

Doutora em Psicologia (Psicologia Experimental) pela USP-SP; professora titular do Departamento de Psicologia da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) e vinculada ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Especial e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia desta universidade e ao Programa de Pós Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo (USP/RP).

Daniele Carolina Lopes, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Psicóloga graduada pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), mestranda pelo Programa de Pós Graduação em Educação Especial da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar).

 

 

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Published

2009-10-29

How to Cite

Ferreira, B. C., Del Prette, Z. A. P., & Lopes, D. C. (2009). Empathic social skills ofs sighted and blind children: the possible influence of sociodemographic variables. Interação Em Psicologia, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v13i1.11745

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2009)

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