The role of anxiety and perspective-taking strategy on affective empathic responses

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 852-857

  Negd, Monika ^a   Mallan, Kimberley M ^a   Lipp, Ottmar V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Empathy; Personal distress; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGINATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SHOCK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80455145087     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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