- Abusive Parenting

"The absence of empathy can lead to destructive behaviors and adversely affect relationships. A lack of interpersonal empathy is associated with

  • - narcissism,

  • - bullying,

  • - violent crime,

  • - abusive parenting,

  • - spousal battering, and

  • - sexual offending

(Covell, Huss,& Langhinrichsen-Rohling, 2007;

Elsegood & Duff, 2010;

Gini, Albieri, Benelli, & Altoe, 2008;

Joliffe & Farrington,

2004; Ritter et al., 2011)

In: Developing the Social Empathy Index: An Exploratory Factor Analysis (Segal+ 2012)"