Abstract: The horror genre portrays some of the most graphic and violent scenes in media. How and why some people find enjoyment in such a graphic genre is an age-old question. One hypothesis is that people lower in prosocial traits such ...
This paper gives an overview of the development and the psychometric properties of a questionnaire for the assessment of empathy. This scale was developed through factor analysis from an amount of items from corresponding English tests, which have been ...
The study evaluated the effect of a school-based social-cognitive training program on 14- and 15-year-old students'empathy. Two instruments were used, an empathy subscale derived from Gresham and Elliot's Social Skills Rating System and Olweus' Empathic ...
Women show higher sensitivity than men to emotional and social cues and are therefore better in showing empathy with others and in deciphering other’s intentions and mental states. These sex differences have been linked to hormonal levels. However, it ...
Social cognition and suicidality: A reviewAbstract. Psychiatric and neurological disorders are associated with increased suicide risk. A lack of social integration and support as well as interpersonal conflicts and ...
Abstract: Communication disorders following traumatic brain injury have been attributed to social-cognitive dysfunctions. However, this relationship is not always clearly demonstrated in empirical research. This ...
The Family Life Scale (FLS), which includes the dimensions of Cohesion, Adaptability, Communication and Satisfaction, and two measures of emotion were applied to a German-speaking sample of adolescents and their parents in Switzerland. The main goal of ...
Davis’ Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) was used to assess empathy in a sample of 839 male prisoners aged 15-28. Because recent studies have questioned the usability of the IRI with offenders, psychometric properties of the instrument were analyzed ...
Self-report and parental report of empathy in adolescents with autismObjective: A deficit in empathy has repeatedly been described as a central feature of autistic disorders. However, little is known about how adolescents with autism evaluate their own ...
Cognitive and emotional empathy in children with ADHD and conduct disorderObjectives: This study assesses the cognitive and emotional empathic competence in groups of children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders compared to a nonclinical control ...
Autistic traits in patients with borderline personality disorderAbstract. Clinical observation suggests that there might be an important overlap between Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and Autism spectrum disorders (ASS). Given this background it ...
As intelligent support systems move into the world of elder care and independent living, their behavior becomes a prominent aspect in the lives of people, raising the question of how to design for such systems addressing older people in a respectful ...
Berkowitz & Daniels social responsibility scale: Development and validationAbstract. The measurement of social responsibility as a disposition is based on the Berkowitz & Daniels-scale. The German translation attains satisfactory test statistics. In ...
Perceiving the feelings of oneself and others: Construction and validation of scales assessing the attention to and the clarity of feelingsAbstract. Recognizing one’s own feelings and the feelings of others is an important aspect of emotional competence. ...
Zusammenfassung.Die außergewöhnliche Bedeutung des Tanztherapie-Buches von Yolanda Bertolaso für alle künstlerischen Therapien liegt einerseits in der Apologie sowohl der künstlerischen Begabung und Ausbildung des Therapeuten als auch im Ethos und der ...
Media-Based Empathy (MBE)–Development of an Instrument to Assess Empathic Reactions When Using MediaAbstract. Empathy is the ability to understand and feel for the emotions of others (Cohen & Strayer, 1996). In the context of media use research, the role ...
How does early maternal mind-mindedness influence childrens empathy development?This study investigated the relation between maternal mind-mindedness (Meins, 1997) at seven months and childrens empathy at 24 months (N = 47). Maternal mind-mindedness ...
The link between empathy and literary text comprehensionIn literary studies affective aspects, such as empathy, are considered to be important, which has not been empirically proven yet. The present study examines the relationship between empathy and ...
Zusammenfassung. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht den Emotionsgehalt im Bewegungsmaterial im zeitgenössischen Tanz am Beispiel des Solos “wer anders in mir“ und behandelt die Frage, inwieweit tänzerisches Material Emotionen authentisch ausdrücken kann. ...
From seeing to looking: Improvement and meaning of perception for art therapists and patientsAbstract. Art therapy is widely known for the productive use of the mind. In this context the painter as well as the ...