The current meta-analysis includes 477 records (N= 142,692) and comprehensively
explores the complex interplay between psychopathy, antisocial behavior, and empathy …

The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis of
studies relating measures of cognitive and affective empathy to offending. It was possible to …

Factor analysis of R. Hogan's Empathy Scale, scored in Likert format, yielded 4 factors:
Social Self-Confidence, Even Temperedness, Sensitivity, and Nonconformity. Data for the …

The lack of ability to emphathize is central to many psychiatric conditions. Empathy is
affected by neurodevelopment, brain pathology and psychiatric illness. Empathy is both a …

Empathy has received much attention in psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. In this
article, I first discuss a motivated emotion regulation approach to empathy, outlining some …

Excessive empathy has been associated with compassion fatigue in health professionals
and caregivers. We investigated an effect of empathy on emotion processing in 137 healthy …

Empathy is often thought to occur automatically. Yet, empathy frequently breaks down when
it is difficult or distressing to relate to people in need, suggesting that empathy is often not felt …

Apathy is widely accepted to be a multidimensional syndrome. Assessment scales typically
probe one or more dimensions but there is no consensus on the precise nature of these …

Abstract Major-depressive-disorder (MDD) and alexithymia have both been associated with
empathy deficits. We examined whether depression and alexithymia show dissociable or …

Assumptions regarding the importance of empathy are pervasive. Given the impact these
assumptions have on research, assessment, and treatment, it is imperative to know whether …