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Empatía: Medidas, teorías y aplicaciones en revisión

2008; Servicio de Publicaciones; Volume: 24; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

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Irene Fernández-Pinto, Belén López‐Pérez, María Oliva Márquez,

Film in Education and Therapy

Title: Empathy: Measures, theories and applications under review. Abstract: The aim of the present paper is introducing an revi- sion, considering the main theoretical and methodological contributions. This way, the origins of the term empathy are revised. Moreover the history of this concept is studied, giving a reference from the different perspectives: the discussion between both, the social and dispositional views, and the debate between the affective, cognitive and multidimen- sional approaches. Based on these theoretical frames the different avail- able and main measures are discussed, considering the psychometric prop- erties. In addition, the different studies from neuroscience, individual differences and social psychology are commented about their contribu- tions. The different applications in the organizational and clinical fields are also explained. Finally, a new integrative and multidimensional theo- retical model is discussed and it is pointed out the most important ques- tions and problems that should be considered and solved in the present and future research.