@article{ref1,
title="The relationship of empathic-affective responses toward others' positive affect with prosocial behaviors and aggressive behaviors",
journal="Shinrigaku Kenkyu",
year="2011",
author="Sakurai, Shigeo and Hayama, Daichi and Suzuki, Takashi and Kurazumi, Tomoe and Hagiwara, Toshihiko and Suzuki, Miyuki and Ohuchi, Akiko and Chizuko, Oikawa",
volume="82",
number="2",
pages="123-131",
abstract="The purposes of this study were to develop and validate the Empathic-Affective Response Scale, and to examine the relationship of empathic-affective responses with prosocial behaviors and aggressive behaviors. Undergraduate students (N = 443) participated in a questionnaire study. The results of factor analysis indicated that empathic-affective responses involved three factors: (a) sharing and good feeling toward others' positive affect, (b) sharing of negative affect and (c) sympathy toward others' negative affect. Correlations with other empathy-related scales and internal consistency suggested that this scale has satisfactory validity and reliability. Cluster analysis revealed that participants were clustered into four groups: high-empathic group, low-empathic group, insufficient positive affective response group and insufficient negative affective response group. Additional analysis showed the frequency of prosocial behaviors in high-empathic group was highest in all groups. On the other hand, the frequency of aggressive behaviors in both insufficient positive affective response group and low-empathic group were higher than others' groups. The results indicated that empathic-affective responses toward positive affect are also very important to predict prosocial behaviors and aggressive behaviors.<p /> <p>Language: ja</p>",
language="ja",
issn="0021-5236",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}