The main aim of this study was to examine the extent to which affective and cognitive
empathy were associated with reactive and proactive aggression, and whether these …

The present study aimed to assess empathy and prosocial behavior in 6–7 year old children
with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Results showed, first, lower levels of parent-and …

The broad construct of empathy incorporates both cognitive and affective dimensions.
Recent evidence suggests that the subjects with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) show a …

Background: A deficit in empathy is discussed to underlie difficulties in social interaction of
children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and conduct disorder (CD). To date, no study …

Autism spectrum conditions, among them Asperger Syndrome (AS), are generally described
as entailing deficits in “cognitive empathy” or “theory of mind”. People with AS tend to have …

Background Aggression comprises a heterogeneous set of behavioral patterns that aim to
harm and hurt others. Empathy represents a potential mechanism that inhibits aggressive …

Research indicates that impaired empathy is a risk factor of aggression and that social
attention is important for empathy. The role of social attention in associations between …

It is unclear which aspects of empathy are shared and which are uniquely affected in autism
spectrum disorder (ASD) and conduct disorder (CD) as are the neurobiological correlates of …

Background: Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) reportedly have reduced
cognitive empathy (CE), yet intact levels of affective empathy (AE) when compared to …

Aggressive children and adolescents are often hypothesized to have lower levels of
empathy than comparable nonaggressive peers. A review of 17 studies examining the …