In a paradigm of simulated stranger distress designed to elicit empathic arousal, this study examined multiple elements of responding in 61 preschoolers. Disengagement from stranger distress was underscored in addition to prosocial responding. All children encountered a female adult stranger feigning stomach ache followed by an infant manikin emitting cry sound in a bassinet. Behaviors were coded for other-oriented behaviors, personal distress, and disengagement. In contrast to the traditional supposition, behaviors indicative of personal distress covaried positively with empathic concern and negatively with disengagement. The findings of multiple regression analysis demonstrated how empathic concern and personal distress jointly related to disengaging behaviors in children’s response to stranger distress.

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脱离接触与亲社会行为一样，对于幼儿应对遇险的陌生人而言，就像是亲社会的行为一样：个人的困扰和移情感如何发挥作用

在旨在引起共情唤醒的模拟陌生人窘迫范例中，本研究调查了61名学龄前儿童的多种反应因素。除了亲社会的回应外，还强调了脱离陌生人的痛苦。所有孩子都遇到一个装扮成肚子疼的成年女性陌生人，然后是婴儿假人在摇篮里发出哭声。行为被编码为其他定向行为，个人困扰和脱离接触。与传统的假设相反，表示个人苦恼的行为与移情有关正相关，与脱离接触有关。多元回归分析的结果表明，移情和个人困扰与儿童对陌生人困扰的反应中脱节行为共同相关。