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Rosó Duñó1,2, Joan Carles Oliva3, Adolf Tobeña2,4
1Servei de Salut Mental, Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
The relationship between religiosity and different components of empathy was explored in schizophrenia patients. A total of 81 stable schizophrenia patients and 95 controls from the nearby community completed self-reported questionnaires assessing religiosity and empathy (through the Interpersonal Reactivity Index, IRI). Patients with schizophrenia showed higher religiousness than controls and they presented less perspective-taking and empathic concern but increased personal distress in IRI scores. Regression analyses unveiled an association between religiosity and perspective-taking in schizophrenics after adjusting for age, gender, and psychotic symptoms. In conclusion, religiosity in patients with schizophrenia may be linked to variations in perspective- taking as a component of empathy.
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