Empathic Concern and Perspective Taking: Linear and Quadratic Effects of Age Across the Adult Life Span

Volume: 68, Issue: 2, Pages: 168 - 175
Published: Aug 3, 2012
Abstract
We investigated linear and quadratic effects of age on self-reported empathy in three large cross-sectional samples of American adults aged 18-90 years.Participants completed subscales of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Davis, 1983), allowing us to independently assess an emotional component of empathy ("empathic concern") and a cognitive component of empathy ("perspective taking") across the adult life span.For both measures and in all...
Paper Details
Title
Empathic Concern and Perspective Taking: Linear and Quadratic Effects of Age Across the Adult Life Span
Published Date
Aug 3, 2012
Volume
68
Issue
2
Pages
168 - 175
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