Assessing Empathy

In Assessing Empathy, Elizabeth A. Segal and colleagues marshal years of research to present a comprehensive definition of empathy, one that links neuroscientific evidence to human service practice

List of contents

1. What Is Empathy?
2. The Building Blocks of Empathy
3. Why Is Empathy Important?
4. Why Is Empathy So Difficult to Achieve?
5. Linking Interpersonal and Social Empathy
6. Tools for Measuring and Assessing Empathy
Appendix A. Research and Statistical Analysis of the Relationship Between Interpersonal Empathy and Social Empathy
Appendix B. Empathy Assessment Index
Appendix C. Social Empathy Index
Appendix D. Interpersonal and Social Empathy Index
Appendix E. Spanish Translation of the Empathy Assessment Index, the Social Empathy Index, and the Interpersonal and Social Empathy Index, by David Becerra and María del Rosario Silva Arciniega
References
Index

About the author

Elizabeth A. Segal, Karen E. Gerdes, Cynthia A. Lietz, M. Alex Wagaman, and Jennifer M. Geiger

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Geiger, Jennifer M. Geiger, Geiger Jennifer, Karen Gerdes, Karen E. Gerdes, Gerdes Karen, Cynthia Lietz, Cynthia A. Lietz, Lietz Cynthia, Elizabeth Segal, Elizabeth A. Segal, Elizabeth A. Gerdes Segal, Elizabeth Gerdes Segal, Segal Elizabeth, M. Alex Wagaman, Wagaman M. Alex
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9780231181914
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18191-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psychology: emotions, Social Work, Cognition and cognitive psychology