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ArticleScientific reports2025

Self-oriented affective empathy is associated with increased negative affect.

Mareike J Hülsemann, Aleksandra Kaurin, Bianca Kollmann, Andrea Chmitorz, Kira F Ahrens, Charlotte Schenk, Michael M Plichta, Beat Lutz, Ulrike Basten, Christian J Fiebach and 7 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Teaching empathy in Balint groups.The Libyan journal of medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Mareike J HülsemannDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Institute for Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Aleksandra KaurinClinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany.
Bianca KollmannLeibniz Institute for Resilience Research (gGmbH), Wallstraße 7, 55122, Mainz, Germany.
Andrea ChmitorzDepartment of Social Work, Education and Nursing Sciences, Esslingen University, Esslingen, Germany.
Kira F AhrensDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Charlotte SchenkDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Michael M PlichtaDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Beat LutzLeibniz Institute for Resilience Research (gGmbH), Wallstraße 7, 55122, Mainz, Germany.
Ulrike BastenDepartment of Psychology, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Landau, Germany.
Christian J FiebachDepartment of Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Raffael KalischLeibniz Institute for Resilience Research (gGmbH), Wallstraße 7, 55122, Mainz, Germany.
Klaus LiebLeibniz Institute for Resilience Research (gGmbH), Wallstraße 7, 55122, Mainz, Germany.
Andreas ReifDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Oliver TüscherLeibniz Institute for Resilience Research (gGmbH), Wallstraße 7, 55122, Mainz, Germany.
Henning HermesIfo Institute Munich, Munich, Germany.
Daniel SchunkDepartment of Economics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Michèle WessaLeibniz Institute for Resilience Research (gGmbH), Wallstraße 7, 55122, Mainz, Germany. michele.wessa@zi-mannheim.de.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An increasing body of research suggests that empathic traits at high levels may predict negative affectivity. Here, we investigate the combinatory and differential role of affective (personal distress, empathic concern) and cognitive (perspective taking) facets of empathy for their contribution to negative affectivity in two general population samples (N

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AffectEmpathyAdolescentAdultAnxietyCognitionDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultAffective empathyAnxietyCognitive empathyDepressionLatent profile analysisReplication

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PMID40738905
PMCPMC12311010

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