The Relationship Between Dispositional Empathy, Self-Consciousness and Self-reported Emotional Responses to Problem Behavior.

Accession number;01A0282747
Title;The Relationship Between Dispositional Empathy, Self-Consciousness and Self-reported Emotional Responses to Problem Behavior.
Author; KOSAKA HIROTSUGU (Naruto Univ. of Educ., Coll. of Educ.) TANAKA YUZO (Naruto Univ. of Educ., Coll. of Educ.)
Journal Title;Kyushu Neuropsychiatry
Journal Code:Z0180B
ISSN:0023-6144
VOL.46;NO.3/4;PAGE.161-170(2000)
Figure&Table&Reference;TBL.7, REF.23
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;The present study examined the relationship between Self-reported Emotional Responses to Problem Behavior and either Dispositional Empathy or Self-consciousness in terms of the specific role-oriented relationship between a teacher and a student. Three hundred and seven undergraduate and graduate students were used as subjects in this study. The main results were as follows; 1) The hypothesis that the self-reported empathetic concerns and self-reported personal distress correlate positively with the public self-consciousness was supported. 2) Regarding self-reported empathetic concerns and self-reported personal distress, dispositional personal distress and public self-consciousness were both found to be positive influential factors while, in addition, dispositional emotional-coolness was shown to be a negative influential factor. 3) The hypothesis that those who scored higher in the public self-consciousness scale self-reported personal distress regarding sexual problem behaviors was thus supported. (author abst.)