Project

Parental distress and empathic responses to their child's pain: an evolutionary perspective

Code
3E002404
Duration
01 October 2007 → 30 September 2008
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Health psychology
    • Sensory processes and perception
Keywords
health psychology empathy pain
 
Project description

Pain and disability in children have been primarily investigated from an intra-individual perspective. However, humans are social beings, and it is plausible that also the social context of pain is of importance. The aim of this research proposal is to further our understandings of distress and empathic responses in parents having a child experiencing pain, based upon a social-evolutionary perspective.