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The rationale to develop a psychoeducational program to train aggressive children in empathic skills for the purpose of regulating aggressive behavior and promoting positive social behavior grew out of a long-standing research interest and program concerned with the structure and functions of empathy (N. Feshbach & Roe, 1968; N. Feshbach, 1975, 1978, 1982). The Empathy Training Program, the main focus of this presentation, was designed in conjunction with a series of field studies carried out in a number of elementary schools in Los Angeles (Feshbach & Feshbach, 1977; N. Feshbach, 1980).
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Feshbach, N.D. (1984). Empathy, Empathy Training and the Regulation of Aggression in Elementary School Children. In: Kaplan, R.M., Konečni, V.J., Novaco, R.W. (eds) Aggression in Children and Youth. NATO ASI Series, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0665-0_9
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