Too much of a good thing? Affective empathy modulates the link between maladaptive coping and internalizing problems in children

• Main Authors: Yu, Meryl, Kyeong, Yena, Phua, Desiree, Broekman, Birit, Eriksson, Johan Gunnar, Chen, Helen Yu, Setoh, Peipei
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/176108
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Empathy is widely seen as a strength and is the focus of social-emotional learning globally. Yet, the ‘too-much-of-a-good-thing’ principle posits that positive resources are rarely universally beneficial; rather, under specific boundary conditions, harms may be generated. We shed light on whether em...