Empathy and helping: the role of affect in response to others’ suffering

Abstract Decades of research hold that empathy is a multifaceted construct. A related challenge in empathy research is to describe how each subcomponent of empathy uniquely contributes to social outcomes. Here, we examined distinct mechanisms through which different components of empathy—Empathic Co...

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Main Authors: Yoona Kang, Steven Mesquiti, Elizabeth S. Baik, Emily B. Falk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87221-2
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