TY - JOUR
T1 - Empathy-Related Responding
T2 - Associations with Prosocial Behavior, Aggression, and Intergroup Relations
AU - Eisenberg, Nancy
AU - Wilkens, Natalie
AU - Di Giunta, Laura
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Empathy-related responding, including empathy, sympathy, and personal distress, has been implicated in conceptual models and theories about prosocial behavior and altruism, aggression and antisocial behavior, and intergroup relationships. Conceptual arguments and empirical findings related to each of these topics are reviewed. In general, there is evidence that empathy and/or sympathy are important correlates of, and likely contributors to, other-oriented prosocial behavior, the inhibition of aggression and antisocial behavior, and the quality of intergroup relationships. Applied implications of these findings, including prevention studies, are discussed, as are possible future directions.
AB - Empathy-related responding, including empathy, sympathy, and personal distress, has been implicated in conceptual models and theories about prosocial behavior and altruism, aggression and antisocial behavior, and intergroup relationships. Conceptual arguments and empirical findings related to each of these topics are reviewed. In general, there is evidence that empathy and/or sympathy are important correlates of, and likely contributors to, other-oriented prosocial behavior, the inhibition of aggression and antisocial behavior, and the quality of intergroup relationships. Applied implications of these findings, including prevention studies, are discussed, as are possible future directions.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1751-2409.2010.01020.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1751-2409.2010.01020.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78650142289
VL - 4
SP - 143
EP - 180
JO - Social Issues and Policy Review
JF - Social Issues and Policy Review
SN - 1751-2395
IS - 1
ER -