Abstract

DURAN-PALACIO, Nicolasa María; GOMEZ-TABARES, Anyerson Stiths  and  PULIDO-VARON, Heidi Smith. Empathy and disposition to socioemotional reconciliation in penalized adolescents. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2023, vol.21, n.1, pp.225-251.  Epub May 11, 2023. ISSN 1692-715X.  https://doi.org/10.11600/rlcsnj.21.1.5176.

This study analyzes the relationship between empathy and the disposition to socioemotional reconciliation in adolescent offenders of the law. With a non-experimental, correlational-predictive design, 171 young people between 15 and 23 years of age participated in the study, all of whom had been sentenced to imprisonment in Colombia. 81.1% (n = 137) males and 19.9% (n = 34) females. The interpersonal reactivity index and the socioemotional reconciliation scale were used. Positive correlations (p < 0.05) were found between empathy and socioemotional reconciliation. Regression analysis showed that empathy has positive predictor effect (p < 0.001) on total (R2 = 0.154), intrapersonal (R2 = 0.081) and interpersonal (R2 = 0.185) socioemotional reconciliation. It is concluded that empathy has an impact on the socioemotional reconciliation processes of judicialized adolescents.

Keywords : Juvenile delinquency; empathy; reconciliation; emotions; social problem; conflict resolution.

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