Empathic concern is part of a more general communal emotion

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Autor(a) principal: Zickfeld, J. H.
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Schubert, T. W., Seibt, C., Fiske, A. P.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/15679
Resumo: Seeing someone in need may evoke a particular kind of closeness that has been conceptualized as sympathy or empathic concern (which is distinct from other empathy constructs). In other contexts, when people suddenly feel close to others, or observe others suddenly feeling closer to each other, this sudden closeness tends to evoke an emotion often labeled in vernacular English as being moved, touched, or heart-warming feelings. Recent theory and empirical work indicates that this is a distinct emotion; the construct is named kama muta. Is empathic concern for people in need simply an expression of the much broader tendency to respond with kama muta to all kinds of situations that afford closeness, such as reunions, kindness, and expressions of love? Across 16 studies sampling 2918 participants, we explored whether empathic concern is associated with kama muta. Meta-analyzing the association between ratings of state being moved and trait empathic concern revealed an effect size of, r(3631) = 0.35 [95% CI: 0.29, 0.41]. In addition, trait empathic concern was also associated with self-reports of the three sensations that have been shown to be reliably indicative of kama muta: weeping, chills, and bodily feelings of warmth. We conclude that empathic concern might actually be a part of the kama muta construct.
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spelling Empathic concern is part of a more general communal emotionEmpathyEmpathic concernSympathyBeing movedKama mutaCommunal sharingSeeing someone in need may evoke a particular kind of closeness that has been conceptualized as sympathy or empathic concern (which is distinct from other empathy constructs). In other contexts, when people suddenly feel close to others, or observe others suddenly feeling closer to each other, this sudden closeness tends to evoke an emotion often labeled in vernacular English as being moved, touched, or heart-warming feelings. Recent theory and empirical work indicates that this is a distinct emotion; the construct is named kama muta. Is empathic concern for people in need simply an expression of the much broader tendency to respond with kama muta to all kinds of situations that afford closeness, such as reunions, kindness, and expressions of love? Across 16 studies sampling 2918 participants, we explored whether empathic concern is associated with kama muta. Meta-analyzing the association between ratings of state being moved and trait empathic concern revealed an effect size of, r(3631) = 0.35 [95% CI: 0.29, 0.41]. In addition, trait empathic concern was also associated with self-reports of the three sensations that have been shown to be reliably indicative of kama muta: weeping, chills, and bodily feelings of warmth. We conclude that empathic concern might actually be a part of the kama muta construct.Frontiers Media S.A.2018-04-23T10:55:39Z2017-01-01T00:00:00Z20172019-03-28T10:22:44Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/15679eng1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2017.00723Zickfeld, J. H.Schubert, T. W.Seibt, C.Fiske, A. P.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:28:51Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/15679Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:12:56.184205Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Empathic concern is part of a more general communal emotion
spellingShingle Empathic concern is part of a more general communal emotion
Zickfeld, J. H.
Empathy
Empathic concern
Sympathy
Being moved
Kama muta
Communal sharing
title_short Empathic concern is part of a more general communal emotion
title_full Empathic concern is part of a more general communal emotion
title_fullStr Empathic concern is part of a more general communal emotion
title_full_unstemmed Empathic concern is part of a more general communal emotion
title_sort Empathic concern is part of a more general communal emotion
author Zickfeld, J. H.
author_facet Zickfeld, J. H.
Schubert, T. W.
Seibt, C.
Fiske, A. P.
author_role author
author2 Schubert, T. W.
Seibt, C.
Fiske, A. P.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Zickfeld, J. H.
Schubert, T. W.
Seibt, C.
Fiske, A. P.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Empathy
Empathic concern
Sympathy
Being moved
Kama muta
Communal sharing
topic Empathy
Empathic concern
Sympathy
Being moved
Kama muta
Communal sharing
description Seeing someone in need may evoke a particular kind of closeness that has been conceptualized as sympathy or empathic concern (which is distinct from other empathy constructs). In other contexts, when people suddenly feel close to others, or observe others suddenly feeling closer to each other, this sudden closeness tends to evoke an emotion often labeled in vernacular English as being moved, touched, or heart-warming feelings. Recent theory and empirical work indicates that this is a distinct emotion; the construct is named kama muta. Is empathic concern for people in need simply an expression of the much broader tendency to respond with kama muta to all kinds of situations that afford closeness, such as reunions, kindness, and expressions of love? Across 16 studies sampling 2918 participants, we explored whether empathic concern is associated with kama muta. Meta-analyzing the association between ratings of state being moved and trait empathic concern revealed an effect size of, r(3631) = 0.35 [95% CI: 0.29, 0.41]. In addition, trait empathic concern was also associated with self-reports of the three sensations that have been shown to be reliably indicative of kama muta: weeping, chills, and bodily feelings of warmth. We conclude that empathic concern might actually be a part of the kama muta construct.
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