The present study integrated three different measures of emotional empathic behaviour in a social context: verbal self-report measures (empathic response, emotional involvement, emotional significance, and valence), autonomic response (skin conductance, SCR, and heart rate, HR), and personal response to empathic scale (BEES). Thirty-five younger adults were presented with different interpersonal scene types (co-operation, non-co-operation, conflict, neutral). Different empathic sensitivity to these interpersonal situations was tested, since we hypothesised self-report on empathy, emotional involvement and valence varied as a function of interpersonal context. As supposed, self-report measures of empathy and autonomic measures were found to be related: SCR and HR increased in response to conflictual and non-co-operative situations. Moreover, high empathic subjects were more responsive (on both self-report and autonomic response) to empathy-related situations than low empathic subjects. The convergence of these multidimensional measures are discussed: emotional components of empathy are elucidated in relation to self-report, autonomic modulation, and personality trait variation

Balconi, M., Bortolotti, A., Self-report, personality and autonomic system modulation in response to empathic conflictual versus non conflictual situation, <<COGNITION & EMOTION>>, 2014; 28 (1): 153-162. [doi:10.1080/02699931.2013.805685] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/55672]

Self-report, personality and autonomic system modulation in response to empathic conflictual versus non conflictual situation

Balconi, Michela;Bortolotti, Adriana
2014

Abstract

The present study integrated three different measures of emotional empathic behaviour in a social context: verbal self-report measures (empathic response, emotional involvement, emotional significance, and valence), autonomic response (skin conductance, SCR, and heart rate, HR), and personal response to empathic scale (BEES). Thirty-five younger adults were presented with different interpersonal scene types (co-operation, non-co-operation, conflict, neutral). Different empathic sensitivity to these interpersonal situations was tested, since we hypothesised self-report on empathy, emotional involvement and valence varied as a function of interpersonal context. As supposed, self-report measures of empathy and autonomic measures were found to be related: SCR and HR increased in response to conflictual and non-co-operative situations. Moreover, high empathic subjects were more responsive (on both self-report and autonomic response) to empathy-related situations than low empathic subjects. The convergence of these multidimensional measures are discussed: emotional components of empathy are elucidated in relation to self-report, autonomic modulation, and personality trait variation
2014
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Balconi, M., Bortolotti, A., Self-report, personality and autonomic system modulation in response to empathic conflictual versus non conflictual situation, <<COGNITION & EMOTION>>, 2014; 28 (1): 153-162. [doi:10.1080/02699931.2013.805685] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/55672]
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