Feeling for the Other With Ease: Prospective Actors Show High Levels of Emotion Recognition and Report Above Average Empathic Concern, but Do Not Experience Strong Distress

Feeling for the Other With Ease: Prospective Actors Show High Levels of Emotion Recognition and Report Above Average Empathic Concern, but Do Not Experience Strong Distress

Differences in empathic abilities between acting, dance, and psychology students were explored, in addition to the appropriateness of existing empathy measures in the context of these cohorts. Students (N = 176) across Higher Education Institutions in the United Kingdom and Europe were included in t...

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Main Authors: Isabell Schmidt, Tuomas Rutanen, Roberto S. Luciani, Corinne Jola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
performing arts
emotional resilience
cognitive empathy
dance
theatre
psychology
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.543846/full

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