"I feel your pain" : factors influencing empathic concern for a suicidal peer

• Main Authors: Sherinah Binte Rashid, Chen, Yu’en Jo-ann, Nasriah Rizman, Sharifah Nur Binte Alhadad
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44368
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study had two aims: (1) Investigate the direct and interactive influence of situational characteristics (perceived controllability over one’s situation, closeness with one’s peer, and prior knowledge of suicidal others) and personality characteristics (level of allocentrism) on empathic concern...