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Children and adolescents: empathy and the processing of intransitive and pantomime gestures
| Summary: | Gestures are a form of nonverbal communication that can be distinguished into meaningful (intransitive, transitive and pantomimes) and meaningless and have an important role in social interaction. While pantomime gestures imply the representation of the use of an object, intransitive gestures do not involve the use of objects and are characterized by being communicative, expressive or symbolic. Regarding these gestures, there is a dimension that is still poorly investigated - the prosocial gestures that can induce a prosocial behavior and require sociocommunicative abilities as empathy. In this study, 30 individuals (6 children and 24 adolescents) participated voluntarily, with the aim of investigating how gestures performed toward or away from the body are performed and recognized during childhood and adolescence. Additionally, the role of empathy in the recognition of different types of gestures was also investigated throughout development. To this end, the participants responded to some social and cognitive assessment measures, as well as to an experimental task, in which they evaluated whether the observed gesture was meaningful or not. The results show that gestures are better performed and recognized by older subjects and point out to the relevance of prosocial gestures, since they are more strongly associated with age. Higher levels of empathy were positively associated with the performance of intransitive gestures and the recognition of pantomime gestures, only in children. Regarding the direction of gestures, no significant differences were found between groups. The findings of this study can be important for a greater understanding on gestures development, highlighting the role of empathy in this process. |
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| Main Authors: | Pereira, Ana Catarina Ferreira |
| Subject: | Gestures Empathy Prosocial gestures Intransitive gestures Pantomime gestures Prosocial behavior Childhood Adolescence Gestos Empatia Gestos pró-sociais Gestos intransitivos Gestos pantomímicos Comportamento pró-social Infância Adolescência Ciências Sociais::Psicologia |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | master thesis |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Universidade do Minho |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
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| author | Pereira, Ana Catarina Ferreira |
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| datacite.creators.creator.creatorName.fl_str_mv | Pereira, Ana Catarina Ferreira |
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| datacite.titles.title.fl_str_mv | Children and adolescents: empathy and the processing of intransitive and pantomime gestures Crianças e adolescentes: empatia e o processamento dos gestos intransitivos e pantomímicos |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Pereira, Ana Catarina Ferreira |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Gestures Empathy Prosocial gestures Intransitive gestures Pantomime gestures Prosocial behavior Childhood Adolescence Gestos Empatia Gestos pró-sociais Gestos intransitivos Gestos pantomímicos Comportamento pró-social Infância Adolescência Ciências Sociais::Psicologia |
| dc.title.fl_str_mv | Children and adolescents: empathy and the processing of intransitive and pantomime gestures Crianças e adolescentes: empatia e o processamento dos gestos intransitivos e pantomímicos |
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| description | Gestures are a form of nonverbal communication that can be distinguished into meaningful (intransitive, transitive and pantomimes) and meaningless and have an important role in social interaction. While pantomime gestures imply the representation of the use of an object, intransitive gestures do not involve the use of objects and are characterized by being communicative, expressive or symbolic. Regarding these gestures, there is a dimension that is still poorly investigated - the prosocial gestures that can induce a prosocial behavior and require sociocommunicative abilities as empathy. In this study, 30 individuals (6 children and 24 adolescents) participated voluntarily, with the aim of investigating how gestures performed toward or away from the body are performed and recognized during childhood and adolescence. Additionally, the role of empathy in the recognition of different types of gestures was also investigated throughout development. To this end, the participants responded to some social and cognitive assessment measures, as well as to an experimental task, in which they evaluated whether the observed gesture was meaningful or not. The results show that gestures are better performed and recognized by older subjects and point out to the relevance of prosocial gestures, since they are more strongly associated with age. Higher levels of empathy were positively associated with the performance of intransitive gestures and the recognition of pantomime gestures, only in children. Regarding the direction of gestures, no significant differences were found between groups. The findings of this study can be important for a greater understanding on gestures development, highlighting the role of empathy in this process. |
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| spelling | engporGestures are a form of nonverbal communication that can be distinguished into meaningful (intransitive, transitive and pantomimes) and meaningless and have an important role in social interaction. While pantomime gestures imply the representation of the use of an object, intransitive gestures do not involve the use of objects and are characterized by being communicative, expressive or symbolic. Regarding these gestures, there is a dimension that is still poorly investigated - the prosocial gestures that can induce a prosocial behavior and require sociocommunicative abilities as empathy. In this study, 30 individuals (6 children and 24 adolescents) participated voluntarily, with the aim of investigating how gestures performed toward or away from the body are performed and recognized during childhood and adolescence. Additionally, the role of empathy in the recognition of different types of gestures was also investigated throughout development. To this end, the participants responded to some social and cognitive assessment measures, as well as to an experimental task, in which they evaluated whether the observed gesture was meaningful or not. The results show that gestures are better performed and recognized by older subjects and point out to the relevance of prosocial gestures, since they are more strongly associated with age. Higher levels of empathy were positively associated with the performance of intransitive gestures and the recognition of pantomime gestures, only in children. Regarding the direction of gestures, no significant differences were found between groups. The findings of this study can be important for a greater understanding on gestures development, highlighting the role of empathy in this process.application/pdfporChildren and adolescents: empathy and the processing of intransitive and pantomime gesturesAlternativeTitleporCrianças e adolescentes: empatia e o processamento dos gestos intransitivos e pantomímicosPereira, Ana Catarina FerreiraSampaio, AdrianaBartolo, AngelaHostingInstitutionOrganizationalRepositóriUM - Universidade do Minhoe-mailmailto:repositorium@usdb.uminho.ptrepositorium@usdb.uminho.ptTID20252306320202020-01-01T00:00:00ZHandlehttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/68665http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2open accessGesturesEmpathyProsocial gesturesIntransitive gesturesPantomime gesturesProsocial behaviorChildhoodAdolescenceGestosEmpatiaGestos pró-sociaisGestos intransitivosGestos pantomímicosComportamento pró-socialInfânciaAdolescênciahttp://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdfFields of Science and Technology (FOS)Ciências Sociais::Psicologia1376009 bytesliteraturehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccmaster thesis2020http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2application/pdfhttps://repositorium.uminho.pt/bitstreams/93211aed-8ffc-4eef-aba1-a3f578c87aea/download |
| spellingShingle | Children and adolescents: empathy and the processing of intransitive and pantomime gestures Pereira, Ana Catarina Ferreira Gestures Empathy Prosocial gestures Intransitive gestures Pantomime gestures Prosocial behavior Childhood Adolescence Gestos Empatia Gestos pró-sociais Gestos intransitivos Gestos pantomímicos Comportamento pró-social Infância Adolescência Ciências Sociais::Psicologia |
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| subject.fl_str_mv | Gestures Empathy Prosocial gestures Intransitive gestures Pantomime gestures Prosocial behavior Childhood Adolescence Gestos Empatia Gestos pró-sociais Gestos intransitivos Gestos pantomímicos Comportamento pró-social Infância Adolescência |
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| title | Children and adolescents: empathy and the processing of intransitive and pantomime gestures |
| title_full | Children and adolescents: empathy and the processing of intransitive and pantomime gestures |
| title_fullStr | Children and adolescents: empathy and the processing of intransitive and pantomime gestures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Children and adolescents: empathy and the processing of intransitive and pantomime gestures |
| title_short | Children and adolescents: empathy and the processing of intransitive and pantomime gestures |
| title_sort | Children and adolescents: empathy and the processing of intransitive and pantomime gestures |
| topic | Gestures Empathy Prosocial gestures Intransitive gestures Pantomime gestures Prosocial behavior Childhood Adolescence Gestos Empatia Gestos pró-sociais Gestos intransitivos Gestos pantomímicos Comportamento pró-social Infância Adolescência Ciências Sociais::Psicologia |
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