Empatia i jej znaczenie w rodzicielstwie zastępczym – ujęcie teoretyczne

• Authors: Rybińska Katarzyna

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Empathy and it’s meaning in foster care – theoretical approach

Abstracts

PL

Celem artykułu jest spojrzenie na obraz empatii i tego, w jaki sposób jest ona interpretowana i rozumiana zarówno przez różnych badaczy, jak i praktyków, którzy koncentrują swoją uwagę na jej genezie, oraz pokazanie znaczenia i roli empatii w opiece zastępczej. Artykuł ten jest próbą poszukania odpowiedzi, czym tak naprawdę jest empatia i co ze sobą niesie w aspekcie opieki nad dzieckiem.

EN

Many researchers from various fields of social sciences indicate progressive global erosion of empathy in our time and emphasize a need to generate effective actions that would increase its level. It is therefore necessary to take appropriate sociopolitical and above all else, educational actions that would make future generations more empathetic, and thus more oriented towards other people, their condition and needs. This article aims to look at the concept of empathy and on how it is interpreted and understood by different researchers who focus their attention on its origin, and most of all, it represents an attempt to show the importance and the role of empathy in foster care. It seeks for an answer, what it really is and what it brings in terms of child care. As we know, there is no single, universal, and all the times effective model of action that can be applied to every family, especially foster families. Each of the families is characterized not only by different problems but also, different resources, values, and individual characteristics of its members. Hence, the empathic abilities can be of assistance and be focused on the child’s perspective – they can help to acknowledge and understand the child’s condition and needs, and thus serve to establish a better, deeper contact with the child in a foster family, as well as determine a common course of action. Apart from the obvious response to the needs of the child, the empathic abilities should include acting according to the resources, as well as one’s, openness to the child his/hers biological family problems, and what follows a common search for the new ways of finding solutions to the problems at hand.

Keywords

PL

empatia, rola empatii, wzorce wychowawcze, umiejętności interpersonalne, ekologia dzieciństwa, rodzina zastępcza, relacje rodzic–dziecko

EN

empathy, the role of empathy, educational patterns, interpersonal skills, childhood ecology, foster family, parent-child relationships

• Publisher: Fundacja Dajemy Dzieciom Siłę
• Journal: Dziecko krzywdzone. Teoria, badania, praktyka
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 138-159

Contributors

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Rybińska Katarzyna

• Katedra Socjologii Stosowanej i Pracy Socjalnej Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego