An assessment of links between components of empathy and interpersonal problems

Lange, Tiffany M.; Couch, Laurie L.

doi:10.1037/e741452011-009

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“…The negative association between hoarding and self-reported or behavioural cognitive empathy when taken together with emotional empathy results may partially explain the interpersonal difficulties experienced in individuals who hoard. For example, a study by Lange and Couch (2011) found that the personal distress subscale of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (used as a measure of emotional empathy) is positively associated with interpersonal difficulties such as difficulties being assertive, sociable, submissive, responsible, and controlling, whereas the perspective-taking subscale (used as a measure of cognitive empathy) was associated with submissiveness, difficulties with control, sociability, and intimacy. This apparent imbalance with excess emotional empathy on the one hand, and impaired cognitive empathy on the other, fits with suggestions that balanced levels of both cognitive and emotional empathy facilitate prosocial behaviour and successful social functioning (Smith, 2009).…”

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Investigating associations between hoarding symptoms and affective and cognitive empathy

Chen

McDonald

Wearne

et al. 2021

British J Clinic Psychol

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Objectives. Hoarding is associated with poor interpersonal functioning, such as social isolation and difficulties in forming relationships, but the reasons for these social problems are not well understood. Previous studies have identified empathy as an important precursor to social functioning, particularly for clinical disorders characterized by social deficits. The aim of the current study was therefore to investigate associations between measures of cognitive and emotional empathy and hoarding symptoms.Method. A total of 278 participants recruited via MTurk completed online self-report questionnaires on hoarding, empathy (including cognitive and affective components), and depression. All participants subsequently completed The Awareness of Social Inference Test-Short version (TASIT-S), a behavioural measure of theory of mind, a concept used interchangeably with cognitive empathy.Results. Hoarding symptoms were associated with greater self-reported emotional empathy, specifically emotional contagion, and less self-reported cognitive empathy. Emotional empathy predicted hoarding even after controlling for depression symptoms. Hoarding symptoms were also associated with poorer performance on the TASIT-S with respect to both emotion recognition and theory of mind, with theory of mind remaining a unique predictor of hoarding symptoms after controlling for depression. Participants who reported clinically significant hoarding symptoms were impaired in emotion recognition and theory of mind according to TASIT-S norms.Conclusions. Hoarding symptoms are associated with increased emotional contagion and decreased cognitive empathy. Empathy may be an avenue for understanding and treating interpersonal difficulties in hoarding disorder. Practitioner pointsAs hoarding increased, self-reported emotional contagion increased As hoarding increased, self-reported and behavioural cognitive empathy decreased Self-reported emotional empathy and behavioural cognitive empathy predicted hoarding even after controlling for depression Empathy may be an avenue for understanding social difficulties in hoarding disorder

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Investigating associations between hoarding symptoms and affective and cognitive empathy

Chen

McDonald

Wearne

et al. 2021

British J Clinic Psychol

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“…Failure to adjust to the social world may lead students to increase the likelihood of suffering from various psycho-social problems (Lange & Couch, 2011;Saleem et al, 2014). Most typical difficulties encountered by university students are mood disruptions, problematic behavior, interpersonal problems, and deterioration of self-esteem (Chung et al, 2017;Matin & Khan, 2017) which are associated with numerous adverse outcomes including low self-esteem, loneliness, substance use and poor academic performance (De Clercq et al, 2022;New & Ghafar, 2016).…”

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Reassurance Seeking Behavior and Interpersonal Difficulties in University Students: Mediating Role of Self-Esteem

Karamat¹,

Hafeez²,

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et al. 2023

Pak. J. Psychol. Res

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The current study intended to investigate the role of self-esteem as a mediator between reassurance-seeking behavior and interpersonal difficulties in 300 university students (50% men and 50% women) aged between 18-30 years (M = 20.72, SD = 1.88). Measures consisted of the Reassurance Seeking Behavior Scale (Hafeez, 2020), Self-Esteem Scale (Zafar et al., 2012), Interpersonal Difficulty Scale (Saleem et al., 2014), and a demographic proforma. According to the results, reassuranceseeking behavior was positively correlated with low self-esteem, anxious self-esteem, and interpersonal difficulties. Low selfesteem and anxious self-esteem were also correlated positively with interpersonal difficulties. Furthermore, low self-esteem and anxious self-esteem significantly mediated the relationship between reassurance-seeking behavior and interpersonal difficulties in university students. The results of the study provide implications for mental health professionals in terms of developing structured prevention programs and taking preventative precautions to mitigate the devastating impacts of interpersonal difficulties.

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An assessment of links between components of empathy and interpersonal problems

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Investigating associations between hoarding symptoms and affective and cognitive empathy

Investigating associations between hoarding symptoms and affective and cognitive empathy

Reassurance Seeking Behavior and Interpersonal Difficulties in University Students: Mediating Role of Self-Esteem

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