Fixing the Problem With Empathy: Development and Validation of the Affective and Cognitive Measure of Empathy

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Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 135-149

  Vachon, David D ^a   Lynam, Donald R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; antisocial; dissonance; externalizing; prosocial; resonance; self report

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITION; CONTROL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; THEORY OF MIND; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960124945     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191114567941     Document Type: Article

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