TY - JOUR
KW - adolescent development
KW - adult development
KW - age differences
KW - article
KW - Empathy
KW - life span
AU - Belén López-Pérez
AU - Irene Fernández-Pinto
AB - Changes in empathy after adolescence have been hardly studied compared to previous years of the life span. The present paper aims to analyze age differences in empathy, considering this concept from a multidimensional approach. Two questionnaires were administered to 280 examinees assigned to different age groups: adolescence (16-19 years), early adulthood (20-30 years), middle adulthood (31-40 years), late adulthood (41-59 years) and old age (60-66 years). ANOVA analysis was used to compare possible differences among the different age groups. Results showed that the affective components of empathy tend to remain stable, although the cognitive components tend to decrease with age. These findings could be useful when designing intervention programmes, where each programme could be adapted to the specific needs of each person.
IS - 2-3
M3 - Journal article
N2 - Changes in empathy after adolescence have been hardly studied compared to previous years of the life span. The present paper aims to analyze age differences in empathy, considering this concept from a multidimensional approach. Two questionnaires were administered to 280 examinees assigned to different age groups: adolescence (16-19 years), early adulthood (20-30 years), middle adulthood (31-40 years), late adulthood (41-59 years) and old age (60-66 years). ANOVA analysis was used to compare possible differences among the different age groups. Results showed that the affective components of empathy tend to remain stable, although the cognitive components tend to decrease with age. These findings could be useful when designing intervention programmes, where each programme could be adapted to the specific needs of each person.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 2010
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 139
EP - 150
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Age differences in empathy: From adolescence to old age
VL - 16
ER -