Cognitive empathy partially mediates the association between negative schizotypy traits and social functioning

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-68

  Wang, Yi ^a   Neumann, David L ^b   Shum, David H K ^b   Liu, Wen hua ^c   Shi, Hai song ^a,d   Yan, Chao ^a   Lui, Simon S Y ^a,e   Zhang, Qi ^a   Li, Zhi ^a   Cheung, Eric F C ^e   Chan, Raymond C K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Clusters; Empathy; Mediation; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAPMAN PSYCHOSIS PRONENESS SCALE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

CLUSTERS; EMPATHY; MEDIATION; SCHIZOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885834730     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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