Knowing what others know, feeling what others feel: A controlled study of empathy in psychotherapists

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 277-281

  Hassenstab, Jason ^a,b   Dziobek, Isabel ^b,c   Rogers, Kimberley ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^d   Convit, Antonio ^b,e  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Social cognition; Therapist characteristics; ToM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION; CUES; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247258380     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000253794.74540.2d     Document Type: Article

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