An emotion-differentiated perspective on empathy with the emotion specific empathy questionnaire [PDF]
Empathy refers to the thoughts and feelings of one individual in response to the observed (emotional) experiences of another individual. Empathy, however, can occur towards persons experiencing a variety of emotions, raising the question of whether or not empathy can be emotion specific.
Claudia Sassenrath+4 more
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IntroductionEmpathy is part of basic social cognition and is central to everyday interactions. Indeed, emotional and cognitive empathy deficits are related to various psychopathologies, yet the links reported have been inconsistent.
Ido Shalev, Alal Eran, Florina Uzefovsky
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Effects of 25 mg oxazepam on emotional mimicry and empathy for pain: a randomized controlled experiment [PDF]
Emotional mimicry and empathy are mechanisms underlying social interaction. Benzodiazepines have been proposed to inhibit empathy and promote antisocial behaviour.
Gustav Nilsonne+8 more
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Friend vs. Foe: Cognitive and Affective Empathy in Women With Different Hormonal States
Empathy is crucial for social functioning as well as social coherence. It can be influenced by modulatory factors such as familiarity and liking (i.e., emotional closeness).
Ann-Christin Sophie Kimmig+7 more
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Underlying construct of empathy, optimism, and burnout in medical students. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to explore the underlying construct of measures of empathy, optimism, and burnout in medical students. METHODS: Three instruments for measuring empathy (Jefferson Scale of Empathy, JSE); Optimism (the Life Orientation ...
Cohen, Mitchell+4 more
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Emotional Empathy in the Social Regulation of Distress: A Dyadic Approach
Although research suggests distressed individuals benefit from others’ empathy, it is unclear how an individual’s level of empathy influences dyadic responses during emotional situations. In the current study, female participants (N = 140; 70 dyads) were
Casey L. Brown+3 more
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Empathy, emotional attachment, and the end [PDF]
In my first year at medical school, just months apart, I lost my three remaining grandparents. They had each received the treatment they needed, yet the end for each felt incomplete. Through reflection, engaging with art, and looking for answers in places such as Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End ,1 I began to ...
Jane Moore, Mala Sood
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A qualitative exploration of “empathic labor” in Chinese hospice nurses
Background Hospice nurses may devote more emotional labor during the empathy process with patients, and this empathy can be used as a form of psychological behavior of emotional labor in the hospice care model.
Ya-Ling Wang+4 more
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A multi-method investigation of the association between emotional clarity and empathy. [PDF]
Higher emotional clarity, the extent to which people unambiguously identify, label, and describe their own emotions, is related to a host of positive intrapersonal factors but its relation to interpersonal factors is unexplored.
Eckland, Nathaniel S+3 more
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Association between oxytocin receptor gene polymorphisms and self-rated 'empathic concern' in schizophrenia [PDF]
The nonapeptide oxytocin (OXT) and its receptor (OXTR) have been implicated in social cognition, empathy, emotion and stress regulation in humans. Previous studies reported associations between OXT and OXTR genetic polymorphisms and risk for disorders ...
Brockmann, Eva-Maria+5 more
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