Wednesday, 21 November 2018

People who experience traumatic events as children are more empathetic as adults

People who experience traumatic events as children are more empathetic as adults

New research provides evidence that traumatic experiences in childhood are associated with empathy levels in adulthood. The study, published in PLOS One, indicates that people who experience traumatic events as children are better at responding to the emotional states of others as adults. “My experiences doing clinical work as a psychotherapist with children and adults inspired this research,” said study author David M. Greenberg of the University of Cambridge and City University of New York.

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