Psychology of empathy : new research / editor, Christina Edwards.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edwards, Christina B., editor.

Series:

Psychology of emotions, motivations, and actions series.

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Empathy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2017.

Summary:

Empathy has been identified as a necessary capability to facilitate effective interpersonal interaction in social settings. As a sophisticated set of skills that are integrated into communication (Arnold, 2005), empathy represents one of the fundamental forms of human expression facilitating the development of social behaviour. This book provides new research on the psychology of empathy.

Contents:

Preface

Understanding empathy in on-line learning environments / Wayne Duncan and Margaret Walshaw, Northern Southland College, New Zealand, and others

Cognitive and affective components of empathy and their relationship with anxiety and depression / Usue Echeveste, Jone Aliri and Arantxa Gorostiaga, Social Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Methods, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, San Sebastián, Spain

Empathy and emotion recognition in frontotemporal dementia and alzheimer disease : a study using event-related potentials / Daniel Serrani, Department of Psychology, National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina

Extracting empathy from related constructs : historical, theoretical, and empirical support / Conrad Baldner and Jared J. McGinley, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, and others

Can empathy make therapists sick? the role of empathy and coping in secondary trauma in trauma therapists / Tamara Thomsen, Katja Püttker and Julia Weberling, University of Hildesheim, Germany, and others

Oxytocin as a treatment option in right hemisphere stroke / Charltien Long and Argye E. Hillis, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, and others

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5361-0363-2