ReviewFrontiers in psychology2021
Empathetic Factors and Influences on Physical Performance: A Topical Review.
Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- The relationship between physical activity participation and prosocial behavior among older adults: the mediating role of empathy.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Understanding the psychology of Filipino athletes through emotional intelligence and conflict behaviors.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Empathy levels among health sciences professors in Latin America: distribution, classification and gender differences.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Empathic Dimensions Influence Motor Resonance Magnitude During Transitive but Not Intransitive Action Observation: A Retrospective Investigation.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- The Links Between Physical Activity, Metacognition, and Empathy Among Physiotherapy Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The mediator role of communication skill in the relationship between empathy, team cohesion, and competition performance in curlers.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Balancing the Bar-Influence of Social Behaviour on Sport Climbing Performance.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Metaverse-based virtual reality experience and endurance performance in sports economy: Mediating role of mental health and performance anxiety.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Performance is dependent upon both physical and psychological factors. As a social animal, human behaviors are influenced by interactions with others. Empathy is based on social interactions and is defined as the understanding, awareness of, sensitivity to, and ability to vicariously experience the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another. There are few investigations on the influence of empathy in relation to individual and team performance and activity. There is some initial research suggesting that observing sad photos or videos or fatiguing exercise can adversely affect subsequent performance. Possible mechanisms may be attributed to mirror neurons or the affordance competition hypothesis. The relative degree of empathetic influences can be modulated by sex, age, personal familiarity, cultures and other factors. With the limited research in sport and exercise science, there is a need for more research to investigate the role of empathy on individual and team performances. The objective of this topical review was to examine the possible effects of empathy on physical performance, the potential underlying mechanisms and influencing variables moderating the association between empathy and performance?
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