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Social Anxiety and Empathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Pittelkow, Merle-Marie; Aan Het Rot, Marije; Seidel, Lea Jasmin; Feyel, Nils; Roest, Annelieke M.
Afiliação
  • Pittelkow MM; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Electronic address: m.pittelkow@rug.nl.
  • Aan Het Rot M; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Netherlands; School Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Groningen, Netherlands; Interdisciplinary Centre for Psychopathology and Emotion regulation (ICPE), University of Groningen, Netherlands.
  • Seidel LJ; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Netherlands.
  • Feyel N; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Netherlands.
  • Roest AM; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Netherlands; Interdisciplinary Centre for Psychopathology and Emotion regulation (ICPE), University of Groningen, Netherlands.
J Anxiety Disord ; 78: 102357, 2021 03.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33588287
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to clarify the association between social anxiety and affective (AE) and cognitive empathy (CE).

METHODS:

1442 studies from PsycINFO, Medline, and EMBASE (inception-January 2020) were systematically reviewed. Included studies (N = 48) either predicted variance in empathy using social anxiety scores or compared empathy scores between socially anxious individuals and a control group.

RESULTS:

Social anxiety and AE were statistically significantly positively associated, k = 14, r = .103 (95%CI [.003, .203]), z = 2.03, p = .043. Sex (QM (2) = 18.79, p <  .0001), and type of measures (QM (1 = 7.34, p = .007) moderated the association. Correlations were significant for male samples (rmale = .316, (95%CI [.200, .432])) and studies using self-report measures (rself-report = .162 (95%CI [.070, .254])). Overall, social anxiety and CE were not significantly associated, k = 52, r =-.021 (95%CI [-.075, .034]), z= -0.74, p = .459. Sample type moderated the association (QM (1) = 5.03, p < .0001). For clinical samples the association was negative (rclinical= -.112, (95%CI [-.201, -.017]).

CONCLUSION:

There was evidence for a positive association between social anxiety and AE, but future studies are needed to verify the moderating roles of sex and type of measure. Besides, low CE might only hold for patients with SAD.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Empatia / Medo Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies / Systematic_reviews Limite: Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: J Anxiety Disord Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Empatia / Medo Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies / Systematic_reviews Limite: Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: J Anxiety Disord Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article