Correlations of Aggression and Empathy Among Female Juveniles
Conference Year
January 2022
Abstract
Arrests for violent behavior have declined in recent decades, however, aggravated assault is increasing in females and remains a public health challenge. Our study builds upon previous work by our lab which found that females in the juvenile justice system have equal or greater rates of aggression, and greater empathy compared to males. We hypothesize that higher empathy is associated with lower aggression, and levels of empathy differ depending on the type of aggression, in females. Participants were 150 adolescents (40% female), detained as juveniles. Measures include the Interpersonal Reactivity Index and the Youth Self-Report and Teacher Report forms.
Primary Faculty Mentor Name
Timothy Stickle
Graduate Student Mentors
Nathaniel Moxley-Kelly
Status
Undergraduate
Student College
College of Arts and Sciences
Second Student College
Patrick Leahy Honors College
Program/Major
Psychological Science
Second Program/Major
Anthropology
Primary Research Category
Social Sciences
Correlations of Aggression and Empathy Among Female Juveniles
Arrests for violent behavior have declined in recent decades, however, aggravated assault is increasing in females and remains a public health challenge. Our study builds upon previous work by our lab which found that females in the juvenile justice system have equal or greater rates of aggression, and greater empathy compared to males. We hypothesize that higher empathy is associated with lower aggression, and levels of empathy differ depending on the type of aggression, in females. Participants were 150 adolescents (40% female), detained as juveniles. Measures include the Interpersonal Reactivity Index and the Youth Self-Report and Teacher Report forms.