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Namba, Shushi; Kabir, Russell Sarwar; Matsuda, Kiyoaki; Noguchi, Yuka; Kambara, Kohei; Kobayashi, Ryota; Shigematsu, Jun; Miyatani, Makoto; Nakao, Takashi – Reading Psychology, 2021
Reading literature contributes to the development of language skills and socioemotional competencies related to empathic responding. Despite implications for improving measures of empathy used by practitioners interested in reading behavior and their applications to teaching empathic skills through literature, extensions to the ability to express…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Literature, Empathy, Accuracy
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McCreary, John J.; Marchant, Gregory J. – Reading Psychology, 2017
The relationship between reading and empathy was explored. Controlling for GPA and gender, reading variables were hypothesized as related to empathy; the relationship was expected to differ for males and females. For the complete sample, affective components were related to GPA but not reading. Perspective taking was related to reading…
Descriptors: Correlation, Empathy, Grade Point Average, Gender Differences