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The missing construct: Impathy
This article is about impathy (introversive empathy), understood as the ability to share in and understand one’s own feelings, which is considered a critical psychological construct relevant for the recovery and maintenance of mental health. However, while the ability to empathize with oneself has r...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9650987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36389598 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.726029 |
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description | This article is about impathy (introversive empathy), understood as the ability to share in and understand one’s own feelings, which is considered a critical psychological construct relevant for the recovery and maintenance of mental health. However, while the ability to empathize with oneself has received considerable attention from the clinical community, this has not been paralleled by the same scientific scrutiny, which was subject to the ability to empathize with others. Impathy has not yet been operationally defined and thus has remained relatively unexplored, both conceptually and empirically. This work describes an operational definition of impathy with four dimensions: Perceiving, Meta-Position, Accepting Attitude, and Understanding. Issues of differentiation from related constructs are discussed and avenues of clinical applicability are explored, suggesting that impathy exists as a distinct human capacity, which can be assessed and which has important clinical implications. The paper closes with future directions, including the assessment of impathy and possible research questions. |
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spelling | pubmed-96509872022-11-15 The missing construct: Impathy Neubrand, Stefanie Gaab, Jens Front Psychol Psychology This article is about impathy (introversive empathy), understood as the ability to share in and understand one’s own feelings, which is considered a critical psychological construct relevant for the recovery and maintenance of mental health. However, while the ability to empathize with oneself has received considerable attention from the clinical community, this has not been paralleled by the same scientific scrutiny, which was subject to the ability to empathize with others. Impathy has not yet been operationally defined and thus has remained relatively unexplored, both conceptually and empirically. This work describes an operational definition of impathy with four dimensions: Perceiving, Meta-Position, Accepting Attitude, and Understanding. Issues of differentiation from related constructs are discussed and avenues of clinical applicability are explored, suggesting that impathy exists as a distinct human capacity, which can be assessed and which has important clinical implications. The paper closes with future directions, including the assessment of impathy and possible research questions. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9650987/ /pubmed/36389598 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.726029 Text en Copyright © 2022 Neubrand and Gaab. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Neubrand, Stefanie Gaab, Jens The missing construct: Impathy |
title | The missing construct: Impathy |
title_full | The missing construct: Impathy |
title_fullStr | The missing construct: Impathy |
title_full_unstemmed | The missing construct: Impathy |
title_short | The missing construct: Impathy |
title_sort | missing construct: impathy |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9650987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36389598 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.726029 |
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