Features of Co-experiencing in Adolescence Features of Co-experiencing in Adolescence

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Abstract

This study focuses on the features of co-experiencing in adolescence. The main objective of the study was to explore and describe the specifics of co-experiencing in adolescence in general as well as at different stages of this age. Currently co-experiencing in teenagers is underexplored both in Russia and abroad. We would like to introduce a new approach to understanding and researching co-experiencing in adolescence. The following goals were set and achieved in our study: gathering information about the concept of co-experiencing through the literature review; finding an appropriate definition of co-experiencing necessary for our study; analysing features of adolescent age described in literature; carrying out an overview of foreign research on empathy in adolescence; conducting the study on the specifics of co-experiencing at different stages of adolescence. The new data obtained in our research may be of interest to various specialists working with adolescents (counselors, therapists and others). stages of this age. Currently co-experiencing in teenagers is underexplored both in Russia and abroad. We would like to introduce a new approach to understanding and researching co-experiencing in adolescence. The following goals were set and achieved in our study: gathering information about the concept of co-experiencing through the literature review; finding an appropriate definition of co-experiencing necessary for our study; analysing features of adolescent age described in literature; carrying out an overview of foreign research on empathy in adolescence; conducting the study on the specifics of co-experiencing at different stages of adolescence. The new data obtained in our research may be of interest to various specialists working with adolescents (counselors, therapists and others).

General Information

Keywords: co-experiencing, empathy, comforting, emotional support, adolescence, co-experiencing psychotherapy

Journal rubric: Empirical Research

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/chp.2019150111

For citation: Sukhanova M.O., Sheryagina E.V. Features of Co-experiencing in Adolescence Features of Co-experiencing in Adolescence. Kul'turno-istoricheskaya psikhologiya = Cultural-Historical Psychology, 2019. Vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 102–115. DOI: 10.17759/chp.2019150111. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Marina O. Sukhanova, Psychologist, Psychological Emergency Center MSUPE, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: marina.zhurina@gmail.com

Elena V. Sheryagina, Аssociate Рrofessor at the Сhair of Individual and Group Psychotherapy, Counseling and Clinical Psychology Department, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4840-8297, e-mail: sheryagina@gmail.com

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