TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - A modifying effect of trait empathy on frustration-related attentional processing of aggression-related words
JO  - Social psychology (Göttingen)
A1  - He, Wen
A1  - Jiang, Wenjun
A1  - Zhu, Jiali
A1  - Xu, Yuepei
A1  - Zhao, Huanhuan
SP  - 107
EP  - 120
VL  - 53
IS  - 2
N2  - . This study describes two experiments conducted to investigate the modifying effect of trait empathy on attentional processing of emotionally laden (i.e., aggression-related) words in frustrating situations. A dot-probe task was used in the first experiment. The results showed that low-empathy individuals exhibited attentional bias toward aggressive words under both frustrating and nonfrustrating conditions. High-empathy individuals demonstrated attentional bias only under frustrating conditions. In the second experiment, the effect of frustration on high-empathy individuals' aggression was reflected by N200, P300, and late positive potential amplitudes. It was discussed that these amplitudes might indicate that frustrating situations caused high-empathy individuals to show attentional bias toward aggressive words. Our findings suggested that high-empathy individuals were sensitive to emotionally laden (i.e., aggression-related) stimuli under frustrating conditions.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1864-9335
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000480
ID  - ref1
ER  -