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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Empathy is crucial for psychosocial functioning.
  • Schizotypy, a schizophrenia liability, has an unclear relationship with empathy.
  • Understanding this link is vital for schizophrenia research and social functioning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the complex relationship between empathy, schizotypy, and social functioning.
  • To clarify how different components of empathy relate to schizotypal traits.
  • To examine the moderating role of empathy in the schizotypy-social functioning link.

Main Methods:

  • Survey data from 834 emerging adults.
  • Utilized measures of empathy, schizotypy, and social functioning.
  • Employed factor analysis and moderation analyses.

Main Results:

  • A negative association was found between negative schizotypal traits and empathy.
  • Empathy comprises cognitive and affective components, both negatively linked to negative schizotypal traits.
  • Cognitive and affective empathy moderated the impact of negative schizotypy on social functioning.

Conclusions:

  • Negative schizotypy, empathy, and social functioning are interconnected.
  • Findings support studying schizotypy as a model for understanding schizophrenia.
  • The study highlights the importance of empathy in social processes within schizophrenia liability.