Cognitive and Affective Empathy in College Students with High Schizotypy

The purpose of this study was to examine whether schizotypal personality trait in normal individuals were related to cognitive and affective empathy. Undergraduates (N=608) were screened using the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ), and those with high schizotypy (N=69) and those with low schizotypy (N=80) were contacted to participate in this study. Thirty-one individuals with high schizotypy and 31 with low schizotypy were agreed to participate in the full assessment. All participants completed the Faux Pas Task, experimental tool that assess the ability of cognitive empathy and the Interpersonal Reactive Index (IRI), self-reported scale that assess both cognitive and affective empathy. Also current verbal IQ was assessed using the Vocabulary test in K-WAIS and Social Adjustment Scale-Self Report was used to evaluate social functioning. The results showed that individuals with high schizotypy reported lower social adjustment than the control group while verbal IQ was not significantly different between groups. Also individuals with high schizotypy showed significantly lower scores on the Perspective taking scale and higher scores on the Fantasy scale and the Personal distress scale in the IRI. However, there was no significant group difference in performance of ToM task. The implications and limitations of this study were discussed.

keywords: 분열형 성격, 인지적 공감, 정서적 공감, 마음 이론, 사회 적응, Schizotypy, theory of mind, cognitive empathy, affective empathy, social adjustment

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Cognitive and Affective Empathy in College Students with High Schizotypy

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