APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Age and Educational Level Predict Self-Reported Empathy Among Iranian Population
- Paria Yaghoubi Jami
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa - Behzad Mansouri
University of Alabama - Steve Thoma
University of Alabama
Abstract
Result of data obtained from 600 participants suggested that empathy is a developmental concept influenced by maturation and education level; older people and more educated ones have a higher level of empathy. The data also revealed that affective empathy but not cognitive empathy is partially gender-oriented.
Experimental
