Browsing by Subject "affektiivinen empatia"

Empathy is an ability to recognize, understand and share the emotional states and understand subjective experience of others. Empathy is assumed to consist of two components: affective and cognitive empathy. Deficit in empathy are reported in autism spectrum disorder (asd) and with callous-unemotional (cu) traits. Studies have suggested that these deficits and their cause might be different between asd-traits and cu-traits. The main aim of the current review is to describe the association between asd-traits, cu-traits and lack of empathy. In addition, the review discusses the possibility that structures of empathy processes behind those traits are separate. The review also presents used methods of measuring empathy. A literature search was done by using Pubmed in March 2019. Following search terms were used: autism spectrum disorder, callous-unemotional traits, psychopathy and empathy. Every original articles that considered both asd-traits and cu-traits and that had been published between 2006 and 2019, were selected to the review. After selection, seven studies were included to the review and they were published in years 2006-2016. Based on the current knowledge from original studies untypical empathy processes and lack of empathy are connected to asd-traits and cu-traits. Mechanisms that cause lack of empathy seems to be different behind those traits. In asd-traits cognitive empathy seems to be impaired and on the contrary in cu-traits affective empathy seems to be impaired. Difference in traits level can occur also in disorder level. Therefore these findings should be taken into consideration in case of structuring subjective assistance for person with asd or cu-traits.