Establishing and building rapport is a crucial aspect of research interviews with children and families. With interviews increasingly conducted via online platforms, such as Teams and Zoom, researchers are challenged to reflect on relational aspects, such as building rapport, when using this medium and how approaches may need to be nuanced. This…

The relationship between school psychologists and teachers is one that has yet to be fully examined to see what the perceptions and attitudes that school psychologists hold about teachers and teaching, how having teaching experience may impact those perceptions, and whether or not the field of school psychology may benefit from incorporating…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to describe the attributes of mentorship that are beneficial from a student's perspective and how those attributes may influence the student's ability to achieve degree completion. The Pathways to Mentoring Influence model guided the study and aided in the development of the research questions:…

This study developed identification measures between U.S. Service Academy cadet squad members and squad leaders in peer-mentoring relationships, highlighting identification as an important antecedent to mentoring. However, research has failed to show evidence of this relationship, largely because researchers have failed to measure identification,…

The double empathy problem proposes a lack of shared understanding between autistic and non-autistic people leads to interaction difficulties between them. Social self-efficacy (confidence in one's social abilities) makes an important contribution to social interactions. Research has shown that autistic people show a social identity (one's sense…

The affective domain is listed within Bloom's taxonomy as critical in human education, development, and healthy human behaviors (Durlak et al., 2011). This study examines empathy within the context of forgiveness to resolve lingering and painful emotions which could engender detrimental behaviors. Previous studies have shown that the act of…

Relational art therapy implemented in a women's prison, as demonstrated by the Expressive Post program, illustrates a transformative method for overcoming psychological obstacles. Embedded in relational theory and response-based art making, this method emphasizes the establishment of a therapeutic milieu characterized by mutual empathy,…

Consistent with a "double empathy" framework, autistic adults often experience better interaction with autistic compared with non-autistic partners. Here, we examined whether non-autistic observers detect differences in autistic interactions relative to non-autistic and mixed ones. Non-autistic adults (N = 102) rated the interaction…

Empathy is extolled in Western healthcare and medical education as an exemplary quality to cultivate in trainees and providers. Yet it remains an elusive and inadequately understood attribute. It posits a "one size fits all" unidimensional attribute applicable across contexts with scant attention given to its multifaceted dimensions in…

In this article, how a mentee's developing professional identity is reflected in the use of pedagogical strategies is explored through the mentor teacher's lens. Although mentoring relationships have traditionally focused on improving mentee teachers' teaching repertoire, unstructured affective processes involved as a result of the mentoring…

Objective: The present study aimed to examine the role of positive problem solving in the relation between perspective taking and relationship satisfaction. Participants: One hundred and four college students participated in the present study, if they had been in a romantic relationship for a minimum of six months. Methods: Participants completed…

In this activity, students individually rank 12 fictional individuals based on a description of them and their likeliness to survive the zombie apocalypse. There is no right answer, and as such, students will rank the fictional characters differently. Students must come together and determine the top six characters and provide rationales for their…

The relationship between reading and well-being is gaining increasing interest among those working in research, policy and practice, as we seek to better understand if, and how, reading books supports wellbeing. To date, the majority of research has focused on children and young people, neglecting to consider the well-being benefits that reading…

Objectives: Two studies were conducted to better understand how children with intellectual disabilities (ID) empathize with the feelings of others during social interactions. The first study tested hypotheses of developmental delay or difference regarding empathy in 79 children with ID by comparing them with typically developing (TD) children,…

By analyzing the "ritual of purification" presented on stage in Nao Bustamante's performance "Indigurrito," I show how identity categories influence different, and at times contradictory, readings of enactments of power in ways that enhance or obstruct an empathic response. The methodological lens for this article borrows from…