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Résumé
La présente étude propose d’examiner les liens entre la capacité d’empathie, les comportements pro-sociaux, les biais de mentalisation et les troubles de comportement (TC) chez les garçons âgés de 7 à 12 ans. Pour ce faire, 51 garçons présentant divers niveaux de TC et leurs parents ont participé à la recherche. Les enfants ont rempli des questionnaires autoadministrés concernant l’empathie et les biais de mentalisation. Pour leur part, les parents ont rempli des questionnaires relatifs à l’empathie, aux comportements pro-sociaux et aux TC manifestés par leurs enfants. Les résultats démontrent que les biais de mentalisation négatifs et les comportements pro-sociaux prédisent 24,5 % de la variance des TC. La capacité d’empathie quant à elle serait une variable médiatrice entre les comportements pro-sociaux et la présence des TC. Les résultats de la recherche permettront d’ajuster les programmes de prévention des TC et les interventions offertes aux enfants d’âge scolaire présentant ces troubles.
Mots-clés :
- empathie,
- biais de mentalisation,
- comportements pro-sociaux,
- troubles de comportement,
- enfants
Abstract
This study examines the relationship between empathy, pro-social behaviour, mentalization bias, and behavioural disorders (BD) in 7 to 12-year-old boys. Fifty-one boys, presenting different levels of BD, and their parents, participated in the research. Children completed self-administered measures on empathy and mentalization bias. The parents completed questionnaires on empathy, pro-social behaviour, and BD regarding their children. The results show that negative mentalization bias and pro-social behaviour predict 24.5 % of the BD’s variance. Empathy would be considered a mediating variable between pro-social behaviour and BD. The results would be used to improve prevention programs and interventions offered to school-age children with BD.
Keywords:
- empathy,
- mentalization bias,
- pro-social behaviour,
- behavioural disorder,
- children
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