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Empathy mediated these relationships. Intergenerational contact further moderated the association between empathy and adolescents\u2019 perceptions of older adults. Specifically, the indirect effects of negative parenting through empathy varied according to adolescents\u2019 levels of intergenerational contact.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings highlight family socialization as an important developmental context for adolescents\u2019 perceptions of older adults and identify empathy as a key socio-emotional mechanism linking parenting experiences to intergenerational cognition.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1867088","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,28]],"date-time":"2026-09-28T04:29:04Z","timestamp":1790569744000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["How negative parenting relates to adolescents\u2019 perceptions of older adults: the roles of empathy and intergenerational contact"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Jing","family":"Lin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Law School, Ningbo University","place":["Ningbo, China"]},{"name":"School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University","place":["Hangzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chao","family":"Pan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University","place":["Hangzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dongdong","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Psychology, Henan University","place":["Kaifeng, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"209","DOI":"10.1002\/jad.12411","article-title":"Longitudinal associations between parental psychological control and adolescents' intergroup attitudes to prosocial behaviors towards ethnic outgroups","volume":"97","author":"Agalar","year":"2025","journal-title":"J. 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