Correlation between Limited Prosocial Emotions and Empathy in Adolescents Clinical Population
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2020
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Research in Pediatrics & Neonatology
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The present study aims to determine the correlation between Limited Prosocial Emotions (LPE) specifier
for disruptive behavior disorders and the cognitive and affective subtypes of Empathy in a clinical
population of adolescents in Mexico City. Sample was integrated with 49 participants between 13 and 18
years old from the Clínica de Adolescentes, an outpatient service of the Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría
Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz. All adolescents included, received LPE specifier diagnosed by certified
psychiatrist using a categorical and dimensional instrument. The Global Empathy Scale parent/tutor and
self-report versions were used to evaluate cognitive and affective empathy subtypes. The results showed
an inversely correlation (r=-0.54, p<0.05) between the severity of LPE specifier dimensional evaluation
and the global empathy in male and female population. Male population showed lowest affective than
cognitive empathy functioning, particularly with the LPE specifier categorical instrument (X2=5.78,
p<0.05). This research demonstrated that male and female adolescent population with LPE specifier
presented an altered global empathetic functioning. Categorical and dimensional of LPE specifier
establishment may be complementary in adolescent clinical population.