Aggressive, violent behaviour is a major burden and challenge for society. It has been linked
to deficits in social understanding, but the evidence is inconsistent and the specifics of such …

Aggressive behavior is assumed to be associated with certain patterns of social information
processing. While some theories link aggression to a tendency to interpret ambiguous …

Deficiencies in empathic functioning are considered a core characteristic of violent behavior.
Enhancing empathy in aggressive populations may thus represent a promising intervention …

Violent offending has often been associated with a lack of empathy, but experimental
investigations are rare. The present study aimed at clarifying whether violent offenders show …

Emotion recognition and empathy abilities require the integration of contextual information in
real-life scenarios. Previous reports have explored these domains in adolescent offenders …

Contemporary social cognitive theories of aggression, such as the general aggression
model (GAM), highlight the role of several key knowledge structures in aggressive behavior …

Abstract Introduction/Background Cognitive distortions have long been posited to facilitate
antisocial behaviours, but the specificity of such distortions has rarely been studied. Aims To …

Cognitive empathy allows individuals to recognize and infer how others think and feel in
social situations and provides a foundation for the formation and maintenance of mutually …

Abstract In this study, Social Information Processing (SIP) and behaviour problems of
incarcerated juvenile delinquents and non-delinquent peers were compared. Specific …

Abstract Executive Functions (EFs) is an umbrella expression used for several processes
and subprocesses encompassing goal-oriented behavior and decision-making strategies …