Children's internal representations, empathy and fantasy play: A validity study of the SCORS-Q.
Abstract
The authors investigated relationships among internal representations, empathy, and affective and cognitive processes in fantasy play to test the validity of the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale Q-Sort (SCORS-Q; D. Westen, 1995) with children. Eighty-six 8-10-year-olds were administered 8 Thematic Apperception Test cards, a standardized play task, and a self-report empathy measure. Teachers rated children's empathy and helpfulness. As predicted, internal representations were related to empathy, helpfulness, and quality of fantasy play. Developmental differences on the SCORS-Q were consistent with object relations theory and with results from the original SCORS. The findings support the value of internal representations as a means of understanding children's interpersonal functioning and contribute to the validity of the SCORS-Q for use with children.
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Larissa Nicole Niec, Sandra W. Russ (2002). Children's internal representations, empathy and fantasy play: A validity study of the SCORS-Q.. Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1037//1040-3590.14.3.331
@article{nicole2002childrens,
title = {Children's internal representations, empathy and fantasy play: A validity study of the SCORS-Q.},
author = {Niec, Larissa Nicole and Russ, Sandra W.},
year = {2002},
journal = {Psychological Assessment},
doi = {10.1037//1040-3590.14.3.331}
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