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Capacity for cognitive and emotional empathy in alcohol-dependent patients.
Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors - 1 Sept 2012
Dethier Marie, Blairy Sylvie
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This study assessed two previously unexplored facets of empathy in alcohol-dependent patients (ADs) divided into two groups according to Cloninger's alcoholism typology: the attribution of intentions according to emotional facial expressions (EFEs) and emotional contagion in reaction to EFEs. Twenty-three male Type-I ADs, 21 male Type-II ADs, and 24 male control participants were compared in two computerized...
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