How do Children with Intellectual Disabilities Empathize in Comparison to Typically Developing Children?

ABSTRACT:

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, matched for developmental age or chronological age. The second study examined specific aspects of empathy in 23 children with Down syndrome (DS), compared with 23 nonspecific ID children, matched for developmental age, and TD children, matched for developmental age or chronological age.

Method

An empathy task was administered to the children while their parents completed the French versions of the Empathy Questionnaire and the Griffith

SUBMITTER: Simon P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12021724 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature