Physiological and psychological responses induced by expressing empathy with others

Japan Journal of Nursing Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-62

  Ono, Makiko ^a   Fujita, Mizuho ^b   Yamada, Shigeyuki ^b  

^a SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Communication; Emotional labor; Empathy; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMMUNICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861184615     PISSN: 17427932     EISSN: 17427924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7924.2011.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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