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Publication Date: 1993
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The Relationship of Empathy to Comforting Behavior Following Film Exposure.
Tamborini, Ron; And Others
Communication Research, v20 n5 p723-38 Oct 1993
Investigates differences in comforting behavior that are associated with dimensions of empathy and exposure to film. Finds that fictional involvement and empathic concern were important predictors of comforting behavior and that, after accounting for the influence of these dimensions of empathy, film condition explained further differences in comforting behaviors. (SR)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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