Updated January 1, 2009
The Swedish Empathy Center recommends the following articles in Journal of Personality:
· Batson, C. D., Fultz, J., & Schoenrade, P. A. (1987). Distress and empathy: Two qualitatively distinct vicarious emotions with different motivational consequences. Journal of Personality, 55, 19-39.
· Davis, M. H. (1983). The effects of dispositional empathy on emotional reactions and helping: A multidimensional approach. Journal of Personality, 51, 167-184.
· Davis, M. H., Luce, C., & Kraus, S. J. (1994). The heritability of characteristics associated with dispositional empathy. Journal of Personality, 62, 369-391.
· Davis, M. H., Mitchell, K. V., Hall, J. A., Lothert, J., Snapp, T., & Meyer, M. (1999). Empathy, expectations, and situational preferences: Personality influences on the decision to participate in volunteer helping behaviors.Journal of Personality, 67, 469-503.
· Gibbs, J. G., & Woll, S. B. (1985). Mechanisms used by young children in the making of empathic judgments. Journal of Personality, 53, 575-585.
· Ickes, W. (1993). Empathic accuracy. Journal of Personality, 61, 587-610.
· Matthews, K. A., Batson, C. D., Horn, J., & Rosenman, R. H. (1981). "Principles in his nature which interest him in the fortune of others...": Heratibility of empathic concern for others. Journal of Personality, 49, 237-247.
· Mehrabian, A., & Epstein, N. (1972). A measure of emotional empathy. Journal of Personality, 40, 525-543.