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  • Psychology
  • Empathy Research

Background:

  • Patients with psychiatric disorders exhibit high self-oriented empathy but reduced other-oriented empathy.
  • Empathy characteristics in suicide attempters and their link to psychopathology remain unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate empathy differences between suicide attempters, non-suicidal psychiatric patients, and healthy controls.
  • To examine the relationship between empathy subscales, psychopathology, and group status.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized self-reported questionnaires for empathy and psychopathology in 62 suicide attempters, 64 non-suicidal psychiatric inpatients, and 138 healthy controls.
  • Employed linear regression models and group-stratified analyses to test relationships between empathy, psychopathology, and group membership.

Main Results:

  • Suicide attempters showed significantly higher Fantasy (FS) and Personal Distress (PD) scores than healthy controls.
  • Higher psychological distress correlated with increased FS and PD scores across all groups.
  • Perspective Taking decreased with increasing psychopathology in suicide attempters, while PD increased in healthy and psychiatric controls.

Conclusions:

  • Empathy levels do not significantly differ between suicidal and non-suicidal psychiatric patients.
  • Psychopathology is associated with empathic Personal Distress (PD) and Fantasy (FS), with this relationship being stronger in individuals without psychiatric conditions.
  • Emotional and self-oriented empathy dimensions may help identify individuals at risk for suicidal behavior.