APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
The Kids Are Alright: The Decline, then Rise, of Empathy in Young Americans over Time
- Sara Konrath
Indiana University - Mark Davis
Eckerd College - Mark Davis
Eckerd College - Alison Jane Martingano
The National Institutes of Health - Fritz Breithaupt
Indiana University
Abstract
Empathy declined among American young adults from 1979-2009. We use three datasets to update this research to 2018: a cross-temporal meta-analysis of the IRI, and the American Freshman and Monitoring the Future surveys. We find that although empathy declined up until 2008, it began to increase after the Great Recession.
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