Effects of Anticipated Victim Responsiveness and Empathy upon Volunteering

Instrumental and social/relational correlates of perceived maternal and paternal attachment in adolescence

“…Mehrabian and Epstein (1972) define empathy as a vicarious emotional response to the perceived emotional experiences of others. The MEES has been found to be moderately and inversely correlated with aggressiveness and positively related to acceptance of individual differences (Chlopan et al, 1985), an affiliative tendency (Mehrabian, 1976), and prosocial behaviour (Mehrabian and Epstein, 1972;Barnett et al, 1983). Internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha) for the current sample was 0?85.…”

Day-to-Day Variability in Empathy as a Function of Daily Events and Mood

“…Another body of research, most of it on the interpersonal correlates of trait empathy, suggested that empathy and PA should covary. For example, people high in empathy tend to be more pleasant and warmer toward others than those low in empathy (Mehrabian et al, 1988), they tend to be more tolerant parents (Barnett, Howard, King, & Dino, 1980;Lounsbury & Bates, 1982), they tend to be more helpful and altruistic (Barnett, Feighny, & Esper, 1983;Batson et al, 1988), and they tend to be more satisfied with their romantic relationships (Davis & Oathout, 1992;Krauss & Fussell, 1991). Moreover, each of these predispositions and states is associated with increased positive affect.…”

Random app of kindness: Evaluating the potential of a smartphone intervention to impact adolescents’ empathy, prosocial behavior, and aggression.

“…Trait empathy is also associated with more prosocial and less antisocial behavior. Trait-empathic concern predicts volunteerism (Barnett et al, 1983), charitable giving (Kim & Kou, 2014), and helping behavior (Feeney & Collins, 2001). Indeed, empathic concern is so intertwined with the helping behaviors it promotes that it is sometimes categorized alongside them (Zaki & Ochsner, 2012).…”