Bidirectional associations between affective empathy and proactive and reactive aggression

Tampke, Elizabeth C.; Fite, Paula J.; Cooley, John L.

doi:10.1002/ab.21891

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“…Although it is widely accepted that the relationship between empathy and ASB is simply the converse of the empathy-prosocial behavior relationship (Gery et al, 2009;Jolliffe & Farrington, 2004;Lovett & Sheffield, 2007), some interesting derivations have been noted. In line with expectation, some research has noted that empathy is negatively related to aggression and disruptive behavior (Bons et al, 2013;Miller & Eisenberg, 1988;Tampke et al, 2020;van Langen et al, 2014), children and adolescents with CDs had significantly lower empathy than those in the control group (e.g., de Wied et al, 2005;Kostić et al, 2016), but others have not found evidence that those who act antisocially have lower empathy (e.g., Noten et al, 2020). The explanation of these apparent contradictory findings, concerning Geng et al ( 2012), "appears to be related to both the seriousness of the ASB and whether cognitive or affective empathy was assessed" (p. 501).…”

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Reference values regarding measure of Basic Empathy Scale in forensic adolescents.

Azeredo¹,

Figueiredo²,

Ramião³

et al. 2023

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Empathy is generally deemed a multidimensional construct, involving affective processes (i.e., the sharing of the emotional state of another) and a cognitive process (i.e., the ability to understand another’s emotional state). Empathy can be measured, and people with higher levels of empathy are expected to act in a more responsive way to the perceived feelings of another. Empathic dysfunction has been associated with conduct disorder (CD), antisocial personality disorder, acquired sociopathy, as well as diverse clinical conditions. Besides problems in social communication/interaction, resulting in unstable and impaired relationships, a lack of empathy is often associated with callous and unemotional behavior, violence, aggression, and criminality. The wide use of Basic Empathy Scale (BES) to assess adolescents with CD and/or disruptive behavior disorder, especially in forensic settings, led us to systematically review its results in order to establish reference values for this scale. A systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis for Protocols (PRISMA-P) and Cochrane collaboration guidelines, gathering 14 studies using the BES to assess empathy in adolescents with CD/disruptive behavior disorder. Developing reference data for BES may be particularly important to draw valid conclusions on the characteristics of adolescent assessed in clinical or forensic settings, particularly because BES is largely used in evaluation procedures in these settings.

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Reference values regarding measure of Basic Empathy Scale in forensic adolescents.

Azeredo¹,

Figueiredo²,

Ramião³

et al. 2023

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…, 2019 ). Previous studies have shown that empathy is negatively associated with aggression in childhood aged 8 to 12 years (middle childhood) and that this association remains stable through adolescence ( Lovett and Sheffield, 2007 ; Tampke et al. , 2020 ).…”

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The personality dispositions and resting-state neural correlates associated with aggressive children

Xiao²,

Song³

et al. 2020

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

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Despite aggression being detrimental to children’s physical health, mental health, and social development, the dispositional and neurological antecedents of aggression in the child are poorly understood. Here we examined the relationship between trait aggression as measured by Buss and Warren’s Aggression Questionnaire and personality traits measured with Big Five Questionnaire-Children in 77 primary-school children, and recorded resting-state brain activity (fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations, fALFF) and functional connectivity (rsFC) using functional magnetic resonance imaging. The present results showed that trait aggression was negatively correlated with agreeableness and positively correlated with neuroticism. The brain analyses showed that children with a higher propensity for aggression had a lower fALFF mainly in the left superior temporal gyrus, right parahippocampal gyrus, and left supramarginal gyrus. Physical and total aggression were negatively associated with rsFC between the right parahippocampal gyrus and the right putamen. Further analysis revealed that this rsFC could moderate the influence of neuroticism on total aggression. Moreover, the results suggest the presence of a sex difference in the neurodevelopmental mechanisms underlying aggression in middle childhood. Overall, our findings indicate that aggressive children have lower agreeableness and higher neuroticism, and the underlying neural systems are mainly implicated in social judgment and empathy.

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“…Empathy is a basic aspect of social-cognitive abilities and is related to prosocial behavior, aggression, and various indices of interpersonal functioning, such as the quality of peer relationships (Knafo et al, 2008;Lockwood, 2016;McMahon et al, 2006;Portt et al, 2020;Tampke et al, 2020). Studies on the relationship between BAP and empathy differ in terms of the assumptions regarding the dimensionality of empathy.…”

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Relationship between the Broader Autism Phenotype and empathy among students

Dučić

Kaljača

Stojković

2022

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Previous research has shown that persons with a higher level of the broad autism phenotype (BAP) experience deficits in empathy. The aim of the present study is to investigate a multivariate relationship between the BAP and different aspects of empathy. In a sample of 293 university students, we explored the relationship between the BAP and the following aspects of empathy: fantasy, empathic concern, perspective taking, and personal distress. The BAP level was measured using The Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire (BAPQ), and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index was used for multidimensional assessment of empathy disposition. Canonical correlation analysis yielded two functions (Function 1 ̶ Rc2 = 17.31%, Function 2 ̶ Rc2 = 10.82%). In Function 1, IRI subscales Personal Distress (PD) (rs = .92) and Perspective Taking (PT) (rs = -.39) are associated significantly with all three domains of the BAP. The strongest correlation PD and PT show with Rigid and Pragmatic Language domains of the BAP, while they demonstrate a weaker relationship with the Aloofness domain. In Function 2, IRI subscales Empathic Concern (EC) (rs = -.98), Fantasy (FS) (rs = -.46), PT (rs = -.43) and PD (rs = -.31) are related to the Aloofness domain of the BAP. The results imply that the relationship between BAP and empathy differs for different aspects of these two constructs. The more detailed understanding of the relationship between BAP and empathy obtained through the multivariate approach provides a basis from which to create programs for the more efficient promotion of empathy skills.

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Bidirectional associations between affective empathy and proactive and reactive aggression

Cited by 21 publications

References 53 publications

Reference values regarding measure of Basic Empathy Scale in forensic adolescents.

Reference values regarding measure of Basic Empathy Scale in forensic adolescents.

The personality dispositions and resting-state neural correlates associated with aggressive children

Relationship between the Broader Autism Phenotype and empathy among students

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