Empathy theory and practice: a survey of psychologists and counselors.
Psychologists and counselors completed a questionnaire devised by the authors to explore the relationships between their extent of endorsement of empathy definitions, their use and views of empathy, and their identification with theories of psychotherapy. Results from 565 respondents suggested that those who identified with humanistic/experiential and psychodynamic theories seemed to have similar views of how empathy is defined and viewed and reported that they use empathy more than those with other theoretical inclinations. These findings suggest that there is some consistency between theoretical identification and definition, as well as reported use and views of empathy.
Carlozzi
Alfred F
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School of Applied Health and Educational Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA. alcar@okstate.edu
Bull
Kay S
KS
Stein
Lawrence B
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Ray
Kelly
K
Barnes
Laura
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D003376:Counseling; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires