The experience of empathy in everyday relationships: Cognitive and affective elements

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 709-729

  Kerem, Efrat ^a   Fishman, Nurit ^a   Josselson, Ruthellen ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emotional responsiveness; Empathy; Perspective taking; Relationship narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040481459     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407501185008     Document Type: Article

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