The relations between empathy, guilt, shame and depression in inpatient adolescents

Affective empathy, the ability to experience and share the emotions of others, and cognitive empathy, the capacity to take the perspective and understand the emotions of another person (e.g. Decety and Jackson, 2004; Shamay-Tsoory et  al., 2009), have been shown to associate with positive interpersonal outcomes, including better relationships with friends and partners and prosocial behaviors (Chow et al., 2013; Smith and Rose, 2011; Soenens et al., 2007). However, paradoxically high levels of affective empathy have been shown to be associated with elevated depressive symptoms (e.g.

Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - August 14, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Malgorzata Gambin, Carla Sharp Source Type: research