1. ABOUT THE DATASET

Title: How Cognitive and Affective Empathy Relate to Emotion Regulation

Creators: Nicholas M. Thompson

Organisation: University of Reading

Rights-holder: Nicholas M. Thompson

Publication Year: 2021

Description: Includes datasets from the studies reported in the related publication referenced below. These studies examined the relationship that self-report measures of cognitive and affective empathy share with self-report (study 1) and task (study 2) measures of emotion regulation. This work was completed as part of a PhD project which examined the relationship between empathy and emotion regulation using a range of self-report and task-based measures. 

Cite as: Nicholas M. Thompson (2021): How Cognitive and Affective Empathy Relate to Emotion Regulation. University of Reading. Dataset. http://dx.doi.org/10.17864/1947.305

Related publication: Thompson, N. M., van Reekum, C. M., & Chakrabarti, B. (Accepted). Cognitive and Affective Empathy Relate Differentially to Emotion Regulation. Affective Science.

Contact: n.thompson@reading.ac.uk


2. TERMS OF USE

Copyright 2021 Nicholas M. Thompson. This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.


3. PROJECT AND FUNDING INFORMATION

Title: Empathy and Emotion Regulation

Dates: Oct 2015 – Apr 2019

Funding organisation: Medical Research Council UK

Grant no.: MR/J003980/1


4. CONTENTS

Filename ‘Thompson_et_al_2021_Study_1’ includes data from the following self-report questionnaires: The Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy (QCAE; Reniers et al, 2011), and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale short-form (DERS-SF; Kaufmann et al., 2016). Filename ‘Thompson_et_al_2021_GNG’ includes the emotional Go/NoGo task and QCAE data. Filename ‘Thompson_et_al_2021Stroop’ includes the emotional Stroop task and QCAE data. 

Kaufman, E.A., Xia, M., Fosco, G., Yaptangco, M., Skidmore, C.R., & Crowell, S. (2016). The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Short Form (DERS-SF): validation and replication in adolescent and adult samples. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 38(443). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-015-9529-3

Reniers RL, Corcoran R, Drake R, Shryane NM, Völlm BA. The QCAE: a Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy. J Pers Assess. 2011 Jan;93(1):84-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2010.528484 

5. METHODS

All experimental procedures and data collection/processing steps are described in detail in the article with which these data are associated: Thompson et al. (Accepted). Cognitive and Affective Empathy Relate Differentially to Emotion Regulation. Affective Science.