Cognitive empathy contributes to poor social functioning in schizophrenia: Evidence from a new self-report measure of cognitive and affective empathy

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 803-810

  Michaels, Tania M ^a   Horan, William P ^b,c   Ginger, Emily J ^a   Martinovich, Zoran ^a   Pinkham, Amy E ^d   Smith, Matthew J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; QCAE; Schizophrenia; Social cognition; Social functioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE EMPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE EMPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ATTAINMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADULT; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84919838702     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.08.054     Document Type: Article

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