Relating empathy and emotion regulation: Do deficits in empathy trigger emotion dysregulation?

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-107

  Schipper, Marc ^a   Petermann, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Autism; Conduct disorder; Emotion regulation; Empathy

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGGRESSION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872587311     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2012.761650     Document Type: Review

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