Empathy is widely regarded as relevant to a diverse range of psychopathological constructs,
such as autism spectrum disorder, psychopathy, and borderline personality disorder …

Introduction. Research on empathy has a long tradition in clinical research, as deficits in
empathy have been found in many mental disorders. Over decades, a large amount of …

Key research suggests that empathy is a multidimensional construct comprising of both
cognitive and affective components. More recent theories and research suggest even further …

Low empathy is a criterion for most externalizing disorders, and empathy training is a regular
component of treatment for aggressive people, from school bullies to sex offenders …

Numerous theories posit a positive relation between perceiving emotion expressed in the
face of a stranger (emotion perception) and feeling or cognitively understanding the emotion …

Background. Empathy plays a key role in social understanding, but its empirical
measurement has proved difficult. The Empathy Quotient (EQ) is a self-report scale …

This chapter reviews the major approaches to measure empathy, considers their validity and
reliability, and the relative advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Empathy is a …

Empathy is a multifaceted construct that has traditionally been studied using selfreport
measures. The field of psychophysiology is increasingly offering additional measurement …

Introduction. The Empathy Quotient (EQ) is a self-report questionnaire that was developed to
measure the cognitive, affective, and behavioural aspects of empathy. We evaluated its …

To formulate a parsimonious tool to assess empathy, we used factor analysis on a
combination of self-report measures to examine consensus and developed a brief self-report …