Disruptive Behavior Disorders and Psychopathic Traits in Adolescents: Empathy-Related Responses to Witnessing Animal Distress
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DOI: 10.1007/s10862-021-09891-2
Abstract: Cruelty to animals is a symptom of conduct disorder and associated with psychopathic traits in childhood. One of the factors thought to contribute to animal cruelty is reduced empathy and concern for the well-being of… read more here.
Keywords: behavior disorders; related responses; distress; psychopathic traits ... See more keywords
Empathy-Related Reasoning Is Associated with Children's Moral Concerns for the Welfare and Rights of Animals
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DOI: 10.1089/eco.2018.0039
Abstract: Abstract We investigated empathy-related reasoning as it emerged in children's developing environmental moral commitments. We drew on psychological research on morality and emotion and environmenta... read more here.
Keywords: empathy related; related reasoning; children moral; associated children ... See more keywords
Caring helps: Trait empathy is related to better coping strategies and differs in the poor versus the rich
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213142
Abstract: Coping has been extensively studied in health psychology; however, factors influencing the usage of different coping strategies have received limited attention. In five studies (N = 3702), we explored the relationship between trait empathy and… read more here.
Keywords: empathy related; coping strategies; trait empathy; adaptive coping ... See more keywords