Exploring the links between childhood emotional abuse and empathy: The mediating roles of alexithymia and sensory processing sensitivity

Background: Exposure to childhood emotional abuse amplifies the personality traits of alexithymia and sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) and impacts empathy. Objective: This study investigated if alexithymia, SPS positive traits, and/or SPS negative traits mediate the relationship between childhoo...

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Main Authors: Amanda M. McQuarrie, Stephen D. Smith, Lorna S. Jakobson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-05-01
Series:Acta Psychologica
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825002161
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