Does cortisol modulate emotion recognition and empathy?

Duesenberg, Moritz; Weber, Juliane; Schulze, Lars; Schaeuffele, Carmen; Röepke, Stefan; Hellmann-Regen, Julian; Otte, Christian; Wingenfeld, Katja

doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.01.011

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“…This fits also well with one of our previous studies, in which the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) agonist fludrocortisone exclusively enhanced emotional empathy . In contrast, after administration of hydrocortisone, which binds also to the GR, no effects of the drug on empathy were seen . Accordingly, one might suggest that the MR plays an important role in mediating the effects of stress hormones on emotional empathy.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The limit of detection of free cortisol was 0.2 n m . All samples and standards were measured in duplicates (for detailed description, see ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To assess cognitive and emotional empathy, the ‘Multifaceted Empathy Test’ (MET) was used in a modified version , which was also used in our recent studies . Briefly, the MET is a PC‐assisted test consisting of photographs that show 30 picture stimuli with people in emotionally charged situations.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Psychosocial stress differentially affects emotional empathy in women with borderline personality disorder and healthy controls

Wingenfeld

Duesenberg

Fleischer

et al. 2018

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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The current finding provides first evidence that stress differentially affects emotional empathy in patients with BPD and healthy individuals such that patients with BPD showed reduced emotional empathy compared to healthy women after stress. Given the strong impact of stress on acute psychopathology in patients with BPD, such a response may exacerbate interpersonal conflicts in stress contexts and may be an important target for therapeutic interventions.

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confidence: 92%

“…The limit of detection of free cortisol was 0.2 n m . All samples and standards were measured in duplicates (for detailed description, see ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Psychosocial stress differentially affects emotional empathy in women with borderline personality disorder and healthy controls

Wingenfeld

Duesenberg

Fleischer

et al. 2018

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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“…In the context of the relationship between empathy and gender, in almost all relevant studies, empathy was significantly higher in women than in men (25)(26)(27), but in the present study, the level of empathy among male and female physicians was 110.5 and 110.1, respectively, which did not show any significant difference.…”

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Effect of Educational Intervention on Empowering the Sense of Empathy in Medical Students: Application of Health Belief Model

Salajegheh

Nia

2017

Strides Dev Med Educ

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Background and Objectives: Empathy is one of the main skills in establishing a relationship between physicians and patients, and in order to increase this sense in students, it is necessary to introduce systematic and active programs into medical education. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of an educational intervention based on a health belief model on empowering the sense of empathy in medical students. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental intervention conducted on two groups of 80 medical students involved in the internship program from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2015. Sampling was done randomly, and the subjects were randomly assigned to two groups, experimental and control. In the pre-test phase, all students completed a three-dimensional questionnaire including demographic data; a valid, reliable, and standardized Jefferson empathy questionnaire; and a section comprising questions designed by the researcher based on the constructs of the health belief model. Educational intervention was conducted only for the experimental group. To measure the results of educational intervention, the standardized patient questionnaires and the questionnaires completed by the students were used. Data were analyzed by means of frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, ANOVA, and independent t-tests. Results: Before the intervention, the two groups were similar and comparable in terms of demographic variables. After the intervention, there was a significant difference in the mean scores of perceived susceptibility (P < 0.001) and perceived severity (P = 0.002) between the two groups. The mean scores of perceived barriers and perceived benefits were significant among the two groups (P < 0.001). In addition, there were significant differences in the constructs of self-efficacy and cues to action three months after intervention (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Training based on the health belief model was effective in empowering the sense of empathy among medical students. Training on empathy skills is recommended in order to increase patient satisfaction, promote health outcomes, and increase job satisfaction among physicians.

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“…Women's were better in emotional regulation and empathic feelings as compare to males. Whereas, males were better in recognizing negative emotional regulation strategies and were found to be less empathic (Duesenberg et al, 2016). Different variables have been studied with the empathy similarly the effect of empathy have been explored in relation in with the tourism in diverse manners.…”

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Sex Differences in Displaying Level of Empathy in Pakistani Adults

Iqbal

Aslam

Masroor

2017

pjpbs

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Empathy is a distinctive capacity of the human being in which a person feels every aspect of others as his/her own. The objective of the research is to find out empathy in the adults of Pakistan. Is its level increasing or decreasing with time and to explore that whether this type of human emotion is much prevalent in males or in females. . Research shows that pro- social behavior and role taking has positive relation with empathy. Total one hundred and fifty (N=150) individuals with age ranged from 19-40 participated in this research study. About 96 were females and 54 were males. This sample was collected from Rawalpindi and Islamabad. A scale is used to measure empathy level in adults. Results indicate that there are no significant differences in adults of different age groups. It was found that females scored higher on empathy scale as compared to males. Implications of the research findings for future research on Pakistani adolescents are discussed.

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Does cortisol modulate emotion recognition and empathy?

Cited by 56 publications

References 57 publications

Psychosocial stress differentially affects emotional empathy in women with borderline personality disorder and healthy controls

Psychosocial stress differentially affects emotional empathy in women with borderline personality disorder and healthy controls

Effect of Educational Intervention on Empowering the Sense of Empathy in Medical Students: Application of Health Belief Model

Sex Differences in Displaying Level of Empathy in Pakistani Adults

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