Cognitive and emotional empathy in neurotypical individuals with high autistic traits: The role of emotional valence / Yixin JIANG in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 118 (October 2024)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 118 (October 2024) . - 102486 Titre : Cognitive and emotional empathy in neurotypical individuals with high autistic traits: The role of emotional valence Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Yixin JIANG, Auteur ; Shuo LIU, Auteur ; Qi CHENG, Auteur ; Yongning SONG, Auteur Article en page(s) : 102486 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autistic traits  Emotional empathy  Cognitive empathy  Emotional valence Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Empathy is an important ability in social interactions, and previous findings regarding empathy of high autistic traits (AT) have been mixed. Method The current study sought to investigate cognitive empathy (CE) and emotional empathy (EE) in neurotypical individuals with high AT, examining their responses to both positive and negative emotions in comparison to a matched control group within a sizable sample. Participants were 908 young Chinese adults in the neurotypical range who self-reported their AT using the Autism Quotient and Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire and then completed the Multifaceted Empathy Test. Results The results showed that the high AT group exhibited less CE, lower EE for positive emotions (EE-P), and intact EE for negative emotions (EE-N) compared to the low AT group. Except for EE-N, other empathic components were positively correlated with AT. The CE-P (i.e., cognitive empathy for positive emotions), CE-N (i.e., cognitive empathy for negative emotions), and EE-P showed a significantly moderate discriminatory effect in predicting AT in neurotypical adults. Conclusions Together, these results underscore that the performance on empathy of neurotypical individuals with high AT was moderated by emotional valence of stimuli. Specifically, neurotypical adults with high AT showed a general reduction in CE and a selective decrease in EE. Their EE-P was lower but EE-N was intact. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2024.102486 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=540 [article] Cognitive and emotional empathy in neurotypical individuals with high autistic traits: The role of emotional valence [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Yixin JIANG, Auteur ; Shuo LIU, Auteur ; Qi CHENG, Auteur ; Yongning SONG, Auteur . - 102486. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 118 (October 2024) . - 102486 Mots-clés : Autistic traits  Emotional empathy  Cognitive empathy  Emotional valence Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Empathy is an important ability in social interactions, and previous findings regarding empathy of high autistic traits (AT) have been mixed. Method The current study sought to investigate cognitive empathy (CE) and emotional empathy (EE) in neurotypical individuals with high AT, examining their responses to both positive and negative emotions in comparison to a matched control group within a sizable sample. Participants were 908 young Chinese adults in the neurotypical range who self-reported their AT using the Autism Quotient and Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire and then completed the Multifaceted Empathy Test. Results The results showed that the high AT group exhibited less CE, lower EE for positive emotions (EE-P), and intact EE for negative emotions (EE-N) compared to the low AT group. Except for EE-N, other empathic components were positively correlated with AT. The CE-P (i.e., cognitive empathy for positive emotions), CE-N (i.e., cognitive empathy for negative emotions), and EE-P showed a significantly moderate discriminatory effect in predicting AT in neurotypical adults. Conclusions Together, these results underscore that the performance on empathy of neurotypical individuals with high AT was moderated by emotional valence of stimuli. Specifically, neurotypical adults with high AT showed a general reduction in CE and a selective decrease in EE. Their EE-P was lower but EE-N was intact. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2024.102486 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=540

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