APS
2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023
Attachment Insecurity and Empathy: Comparison between Inmates and College Students
- Aidan Guidry
University of Louisiana at Lafayette - Anna Romero
University of Louisiana at Lafayette - Prynceston Fant
University of Louisiana at Lafayette - Hung-Chu Lin
University of Louisiana Lafayette
Abstract
When compared to college students, inmates reported significantly lower levels of empathy but higher levels of attachment anxiety. For inmates, but not college students, regression results predicting empathy indicated main effects of attachment anxiety and avoidance, suggesting the role of attachment insecurity in empathy for criminal justice involved population.
Criminal Justice
