ArticleIndian journal of psychiatry
Cognitive and affective empathy in men with alcohol dependence: Relation with clinical profile, abstinence, and motivation.
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- Alcohol use disorder research in India: An update.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Review
- Associations between alcohol consumption and empathy in a non-clinical sample: drinking motives as a moderator.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Neural correlates of altered emotional responsivity to infant stimuli in mothers who use substances.Journal of psychiatric research · 2024Article
- The Role of Empathy in Alcohol Use of Bullying Perpetrators and Victims: Lower Personal Empathic Distress Makes Male Perpetrators of Bullying More Vulnerable to Alcohol Use.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The intersection of empathy and addiction.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2023Review
- Neural mechanisms underlying empathy during alcohol abstinence: evidence from connectome-based predictive modeling.Brain imaging and behavior · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundEmpathy plays a role not only in pathophysiology but also in planning management strategies for alcohol dependence; however, few studies have looked into it. No data are available regarding the variation of empathy with abstinence and motivation. Assessment based on cognitive and affective dimensions of empathy is needed.
aimThis study aimed to assess cognitive and affective empathy in men with alcohol dependence and compared it with normal controls. Association of empathy with disease-specific variables, motivation, and abstinence was also done.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional observational study conducted in the outpatient department of a tertiary care center. Sixty men with alcohol dependence and 60 healthy controls were recruited and assessed using the Basic Empathy Scale for cognitive and affective empathy. The University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale was used to assess motivation. Other variables were assessed using a semi-structured pro forma. Comparative analysis was done using unpaired
resultsCases with alcohol dependence showed lower levels of cognitive, affective, and total empathy as compared to controls. Affective and total empathy were higher in abstinent men. Empathy varied across various stages of motivation, with a significant difference seen between precontemplation and action stages. Empathy correlated negatively with number of relapses and positively with family history of addiction.
conclusionsEmpathy (both cognitive and affective) is significantly reduced in alcohol dependence. Higher empathy correlates with lesser relapses. Abstinence and progression in motivation cycle is associated with remission in empathic deficits.
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