Everyday Empathic Accuracy in Younger and Older Couples: Do You Need to See Your Partner to Know His or Her Feelings?

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2210-2217

  Rauers, Antje ^a   Blanke, Elisabeth ^a   Riediger, Michaela ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

age differences; aging; emotions; empathic accuracy; experience sampling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DIFFERENCES; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; EMPATHIC ACCURACY; EMPATHY; EXPERIENCE SAMPLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SEXUALITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AGE DIFFERENCES; AGING; EMOTIONS; EMPATHIC ACCURACY; EXPERIENCE SAMPLING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887400721     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613490747     Document Type: Article

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