Exploring Association Between Attachment, Empathy and Social Competence in Primary School Children

Banjac, Sonja and Milojević, Sonja (2015) Exploring Association Between Attachment, Empathy and Social Competence in Primary School Children. Zbornik Instituta za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, 34 (1). pp. 7-21. ISSN 0350-2694

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Abstract

Present study explores the association between attachment and empathy cognitive component with social competence in peer relationships of children aged 8 to 13 years. Child version of attachment dimensions assessment (ECR-RC), emotion recognition test (RMET) and social competence peer assessment (Guess Who) were filled in by 285 students. The results demonstrate that prosocial competences are attributed to children with higher empathy levels and secure attachment, while children characterized as bullies had more negative model of others and lower emotion recognition ability. Predictive power of investigated phenomena was identified only in older group of children. The recommendations for educational practice were given.

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