(Steibe + 1979)

Title: "Trainee Trait Empathy, Age, Trainer Functioning, Client Age and Training Time as Discriminators of Successful Empathy Training.

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    • Steibe, S. C.;

    • Bolet, D. B.;

    • Lee, D. C.

Date: (1979)

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Steibe, S. C.; Bolet, D. B.; and Lee, D. C. "Trainee Trait Empathy, Age, Trainer Functioning, Client Age and Training Time as Discriminators of Successful Empathy Training." CANADIAN COUNSELLOR 14/1 (1979): 41-45.

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  • Reviewed in Meta-study (COTTON)*

  • Examines relationships among "trait" empathy, age, and other variables in a study involving Roman Catholic nuns taking part in empathy training. Younger trainees exhibited greater empathy than older ones, and trainees with greater natural empathy achieved higher scores than those with less. (COTTON)*

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