APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Applied Empathy: Investigations on the Psychological Effects of Empathic Paraphrasing and Its Applicability As Extrinsic Emotion Regulation Strategy
- Marc Schipper
University of Bremen - Marc Schipper
APOLLON University of Applied Sciences - Martin Beckmann
University of Bremen - Yannick Schaar
University of Bremen - Judith Wick
University of Bremen
Abstract
Empathic paraphrasing denotes empathic responding to others discourse, fascilitating therapeutic change in psychotherapy and representing an effective tool in conflict resolution. While being acknowledged for enhancing an individuals’ viewpoint on others’ perspectives we provide evidence for its applicability as an external emotion regulation strategy feasible of reducing negative emotions.
Emotion