ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2022
Understanding Oneself to Understand Others: The Role of Alexithymia and Anxiety in the Relationships Between Autistic Trait Dimensions and Empathy.
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- Neural Heterogeneity Underlying Behavioral Equivalence: A Dynamic Neuro-Decoding Study of Cognitive and Affective Empathy in Relation to Autism-Like Traits.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
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- Empathy and Autism: Establishing the Structure and Different Manifestations of Empathy in Autistic Individuals Using the Perth Empathy Scale.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Assessing Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours in Online-Sampled Autistic and Non-autistic Individuals: Factor Structure of the Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire for Adults (RBQ-2A).Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Relationships between Affect Recognition, Empathy, Alexithymia, and Co-Occurring Conditions in Autism.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Alexithymia and sensory processing sensitivity account for unique variance in the prediction of emotional contagion and empathy.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The Transdiagnostic Relevance of Self-Other Distinction to Psychiatry Spans Emotional, Cognitive and Motor Domains.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Empathy of Marine Aquaculture on Aquatic Products Consumption.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Social Self-Efficacy and Internet Gaming Disorder Among Chinese Undergraduates: The Mediating Role of Alexithymia and the Moderating Role of Empathy.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The Mediating Role of Empathy in the Internal Mechanism of Film-Induced Tourism.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
People on the autism spectrum may have difficulty inferring others' emotions (cognitive empathy), but may share another's emotions (affective empathy) and exhibit heightened personal distress. The present study examined independent autistic trait dimensions (social difficulties and restricted/repetitive behaviours) and the roles alexithymia and trait anxiety have in explaining this profile of empathy. Results from the general population (n = 301) revealed that pronounced social difficulties and not restricted/repetitive behaviours related to reduced cognitive and affective empathy, and heightened personal distress. However, both dimensions, through alexithymia and anxiety, indirectly influenced empathy. Surprisingly, while the dimensions indirectly improved affective empathy, pronounced social difficulties directly reduced affective empathy. This study motivates a nuanced model of empathy by including autistic trait dimensions, anxiety, and alexithymia.
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