Dissociation of cognitive and emotional empathy in adults with asperger syndrome using the multifaceted empathy test (MET)

被引：615

作者：

Dziobek, Isabel ^{[1
,2
]}

Rogers, Kimberley ^{[2
,3
]}

Fleck, Stefan ^{[4
]}

Bahnemann, Markus ^{[1
]}

Heekeren, Hauke R. ^{[1
]}

Wolf, Oliver T. ^{[5
]}

Convit, Antonio ^{[2
,6
]}

机构：

[1] Max Planck Inst Human Dev, D-14195 Berlin, Germany

[2] NYU, Sch Med, Ctr Brain Hlth, New York, NY USA

[3] NYU, Dept Psychol, Grad Ctr City, New York, NY 10003 USA

[4] Univ Cologne, Dept Neurosci & Rehabil, Cologne, Germany

[5] Univ Bielefeld, Dept Psychol, Bielefeld, Germany

[6] Nathan S Kline Inst Psychiat Res, Orangeburg, NY 10962 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS | 2008年 / 38卷 / 03期

关键词：

Asperger syndrome; autism; empathy; social cognition; theory of mind; sympathy;

D O I：

10.1007/s10803-007-0486-x

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

Empathy is a multidimensional construct consisting of cognitive (inferring mental states) and emotional (empathic concern) components. Despite a paucity of research, individuals on the autism spectrum are generally believed to lack empathy. In the current study we used a new, photo-based measure, the Multifaceted Empathy Test (MET), to assess empathy multidimensionally in a group of 17 individuals with Asperger syndrome (AS) and 18 well-matched controls. Results suggested that while individuals with AS are impaired in cognitive empathy, they do not differ from controls in emotional empathy. Level of general emotional arousability and socially desirable answer tendencies did not differ between groups. Internal consistency of the MET's scales ranged from .71 to .92, and convergent and divergent validity were highly satisfactory.

引用

页码：464 / 473

页数：10

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