Empathy in adults with clinical or subclinical depressive symptoms

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-16

  Schreiter, S ^a   Pijnenborg, G H M ^a,b   Aan Het Rot, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GGZ Drenthe ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disorder; Empathic accuracy; Interpersonal functioning; Major depressive; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND;

EMPATHIC ACCURACY; INTERPERSONAL FUNCTIONING; MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84880917282     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.03.009     Document Type: Review

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