Effects of Empathy and Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy on Difficulties and Strengths in Juvenile Offenders.

IF 1.3 4区社会学 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Pub Date : 2025-03-14 DOI:10.1177/0306624X251326113

Nicolasa María Durán Palacio, Anyerson Stiths Gómez Tabares, Edison Ferney Castrillón Ángel

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Abstract

This study examines the impact of empathy and emotional self-efficacy on the behavioral difficulties and strengths of young offenders deprived of liberty in Colombia. A total of 220 youths (M = 17.61 years, SD = 1.163) residing in specialized care centers participated. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), and the Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale (RESE) were used. The findings indicate that regulatory emotional self-efficacy is negatively associated with behavioral difficulties and positively linked to prosocial behavior. Moreover, empathy exhibits distinct effects depending on its dimension, with perspective-taking and personal distress playing a significant role in emotional regulation. Mediation models suggest that emotional self-efficacy modulates the relationship between empathy and prosocial behavior. These results highlight the importance of interventions to enhance emotional self-efficacy and affective regulation to foster juvenile resocialization.

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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Multiple-

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