Impaired emotional empathy and related social network deficits in cocaine users

Addiction Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 452-466

  Preller, Katrin H ^a   Hulka, Lea M ^a   Vonmoos, Matthias ^a   Jenni, Daniela ^a   Baumgartner, Markus R ^b   Seifritz, Erich ^a   Dziobek, Isabel ^c   Quednow, Boris B ^a,b  

^a University Hospital of Psychiatry   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cocaine; criminal behavior; empathy; mentalizing; social network; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOVIE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL COGNITION; MULTIFACETED EMPATHY TEST; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OFFENDER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING THE MIND IN THE EYES TEST; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL NETWORK QUESTIONNAIRE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMOTION; HUMAN RELATION; NARCISSISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NARCISSISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84899433655     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12070     Document Type: Article

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