Investigating associations between hoarding symptoms and affective and cognitive empathy.
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 POINTS: As 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.
PMID: 33587764 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Clinical Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chen W, McDonald S, Wearne T, Grisham J Tags: Br J Clin Psychol Source Type: research