Eva Schmidthaler, Maritta Schalk, Mathias Schmollmüller, Sara Hinterplattner, Corinna Hörmann, Branko Anđić, Marina Rottenhofer, Zsolt Lavicza, Barbara Sabitzer
The interdisciplinary implementation of poly-universe to promote computational thinking: Teaching examples from biological, physical, and digital education in Austrian secondary schools
Frontiers in psychology
empathy emotional response may facilitate prosocial behavior inhibit aggression increasing empathic concern others vicarious experience others feelings may also turn personal distress person poor regulation skills holds stigmatizing beliefs thinking processes may trigger experience personal distress empathic concern research influence psychological flexibility inflexibility stigma showing promising results processes assessed acceptance action questionnairestigma aaqs current study sought carry validity study spanish version aaqs sample adolescents aged 1117 years study included expanded test predictive validity measures three times evaluate role psychological flexibility inflexibility risk protective variables development personal distress andor empathic concern stigmatizer statistical analyses confirmed twocorrelatedfactor solution adequate reliability factors construct predictive validity expected direction stigmatizers inflexible reaction stigmatizing thoughts predicted occurrence personal distress whereas stigmatizers flexible reaction stigmatizing thoughts predicted occurrence empathic concern others findings confirm importance considering role regulatory skills experience empathic concern personal distress presence stigmatizing thoughts possible implications promotion prosocial behavior reduction aggressive behavior among adolescents