The ability to behave in ways that benefit other individuals' well-being is among the most
celebrated human characteristics crucial for social cohesiveness. Across mammalian …

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

Prosocial behavior acting as a precondition for shaping ideal interpersonal relationships, is
curial in the development of a person's social competence. This study examined the …

This investigation examined how dispositional compassion and empathy were associated
with prosocial behaviors and attitudes in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Every two weeks from …

The Covid pandemic had turned the world upside down, but not much is known about how
people's empathy toward others in difficult situations might be affected by the pandemic …

Social media addiction (SMA) is considered a risk factor for aggressive behaviors in
adolescents, while its underlying mechanisms remains unclear. In this study, we …

Many species living in groups can perform prosocial behaviors via voluntarily helping others
with or without benefits for themselves. To provide a better understanding of the neural basis …

Abstract Concepts of empathy, sympathy and compassion are often confused in a variety of
literatures. This article proposes a pattern-theoretic approach to distinguishing compassion …

Cyberbullying has recently attracted attention due to its increasing prevalence and serious
consequences for both victims and perpetrators. The objective of this population-based …

Much HCI research on prompting prosocial behaviors focuses on methods for increasing
empathy. However, increased empathy may have unintended negative consequences. Our …