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empathy avoidance: a standalone construct

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empathyavoidance1 CONSTRUCTEmpathy avoidanceCAMERON · SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Social psychology

people's tendency to choose not to empathize with others when given the option, driven by the cognitive costs they expect empathy to bring.

In social psychology, empathy avoidance refers to people's tendency to choose not to empathize with others when given the option, driven by the cognitive costs they expect empathy to bring. This meaning comes from Cameron (2019) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.[1]

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  1. Cameron, C. D., Hutcherson, C. A., Ferguson, A. M., Scheffer, J. A., Hadjiandreou, E., & Inzlicht, M. (2019). Empathy is hard work: People choose to avoid empathy because of its cognitive costs. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(6), 962-976. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000595

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