Lay intuitions suggest that the ability to share, celebrate, and enjoy others' positive emotions–
a phenomenon we term positive empathy–bolsters individual well‐being and relationship …

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The study examined the responses of typically developing infants to the distress of another,
prior to and following the transition to the second year. Infants' responses to maternal …

Concern for others has been thought to emerge in the 2nd year of life (Hoffman,,,). Three
related ideas underlying this view assume that younger infants cannot distinguish between …

Concern for distressed others is a highly valued human capacity, but little is known about its
early ontogeny. Theoretical accounts of empathy development have emphasized stages, but …

The Handbook of Moral Development is the definitive source of theory and research on the
development of morality. Since the publication of the first edition, ground-breaking …

The constructs of empathy and sympathy have been discussed by philosophers interested in
morality for many years (eg, Blum, 1980; Hume, 1748/1975). In addition, for decades …

Empathy facilitates everyday social interactions and has often been linked in the literature to
prosocial behavior. Robust evidence has been found for a positive relationship between …

The current research considered the costs of caring in youths' friendships. The development
of a new construct, empathetic distress, allowed for a direct test of the commonly held belief …

This developmental neuroscience study examined the electrophysiological responses (EEG
and ERP s) associated with perspective taking and empathic concern in preschool children …