Updated January 1, 2009
The Swedish Empathy Center recommends the following articles by Judy G. Batson:
· Batson, C. D., Batson, J. G., Griffitt, S. B., Barrientos, S., Brandt, J. R., Sprengelmeyer, P., & Bayly, M. J. (1989). Negative-state relief and the empathy
altruism hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 922-933.
· Batson, C. D., Batson, J. G., Slingsby, J. K., Harrell, K. L., Peekna, H. M., & Todd, R. M. (1991). Empathic joy and the empathy-altruism hypothesis. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 413-426.
· Batson, C. D., Batson, J. G., Todd, M., Brummett, B. H., Shaw, L. L., & Aldeguer, M. R. (1995). Empathy and the collective good: Caring for one of the others
in a social dilemma. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 619-631.
· Batson, C. D., Dyck, J. L., Brandt, J. R., Batson, J. G., Powell, A. L., Mcmaster, M. R., & Griffitt, C. (1988). Five studies testing two new egoistic alternatives
to the empathy-altruism hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, 52-77.