Low Mood Leads to Increased Empathic Distress at Seeing Others’ Pain

Previous studies have shown changes in empathy in patients with depression, including an elevated level of trait personal distress. This study examined if low mood causes changes in self-reported empathic distress when seeing others in pain. To test this, we conducted an initial (n = 26) and close r...

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Main Authors: Yuan Cao, Genevieve Dingle, Gary C. K. Chan, Ross Cunnington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02024/full