• DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2007.05.017
Corpus ID: 20896840

Empathic abilities in people with schizophrenia

@article{Bora2008EmpathicAI,
  title={Empathic abilities in people with schizophrenia},
  author={E. Bora and Sezen G{\"o}kçen and B. Veznedaroğlu},
  journal={Psychiatry Research},
  year={2008},
  volume={160},
  pages={23-29}
}

• E. Bora, Sezen Gökçen, B. Veznedaroğlu
• Published 2008
• Psychology, Medicine
• Psychiatry Research

Although the existence of empathy deficits in schizophrenia is generally accepted, very few studies have directly investigated the issue. The nature of empathy deficits in healthy subjects and psychiatric patients is an understudied subject. The performances of the 30 outpatients with schizophrenia on a psychometric measure, the Empathy Quotient (EQ), were compared with those of 30 control subjects matched for age, duration of education and gender. The relatives or spouses of the patients also… Expand