The impact of early experiences on empathy and emotion regulation development: Markers of vulnerability and resilience
The thesis combines an eight-study review of emotion regulation after maltreatment and alternative care with an empathy study of 27 adopted and 72 non-adopted children. Adopted children scored lower on parent-reported and behavioural empathy measures. Parent and child empathy were associated, but the relationship did not significantly differ by maltreatment-group status.
Limitations: Small, selected adopted sample with maltreatment histories. Adoption and maltreatment differ together between groups, preventing attribution to adoption itself. Parent questionnaires accompany direct child tasks. UK-wide recruitment has no regional breakdown in the reviewed material.
- Research type
- Doctoral thesis / comparative study and systematic review
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: children
Adoption context: Adoption from care / permanent family placement
Programme: Newell–Golm–Kreppner empathy study (2020–2021)
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified from metadata reviewed. Funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited; this is not confirmation of institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: abuse and neglect, emotional development, research methodology
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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