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Caregiving, emotion, and concern for others

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2003

Carolyn Zahn-Waxler
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler
Affiliation:
Section on Developmental Psychopathology, National Institute of Mental Health, MSC 2606, Bethesda, MD 20892-2606 waxlerc@irp.nimh.nih.gov
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Abstract

Few individuals are constitutionally incapable of showing concern for others at an early age, and malleability is possible. Individual variations will be best understood through study of the representational prerequisites of empathy in close conjunction with caregiving environments and affective underpinnings.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 48 - 49
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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