When individuals experience empathy, they often seek to bolster others' well-being. But
what do empathizers want others to feel? Though psychologists have studied empathy and …

Empathy is an integral part of socioemotional well-being, but recent research has
highlighted some of its downsides. Here we examine literature that establishes when, how …

A major question in the study of empathy—the capacity to share and understand others'
internal states—is whether it can be increased. Scientists have designed a number of …

Existing work linking empathy with social behavior has focused overwhelmingly on empathy
for the negative emotions of others. But recent research suggests that feeling along with …

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 …

Although the vast majority of existing work on empathy focuses exclusively on the socio-
emotional consequences of empathizing with others' negative emotions, mounting evidence …

People often turn to others for help with regulating their emotions, a process known as
interpersonal emotion regulation (IER). Emerging research has begun to document the …

Empathy is associated with adaptive social and emotional outcomes; as such, a crucial
outstanding question is whether it can be bolstered in ways that make practical differences …

Empathy is critical for social functioning, but it often wanes when it is needed most. Resulting
empathic failures precipitate and worsen social conflict. Accordingly, conflict-reduction …

How we understand and respond to others' emotions (ie, empathy) may be influenced by the
regulatory processes that are used to shape which emotions we and others have (ie …