A measure of emotional empathy¹

Albert Mehrabian,

Albert Mehrabian

University of California, Los Angeles

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Norman Epstein,

Norman Epstein

University of California, Los Angeles

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Albert Mehrabian,

Albert Mehrabian

University of California, Los Angeles

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Norman Epstein,

Norman Epstein

University of California, Los Angeles

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First published: December 1972

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1972.tb00078.x

Citations: 1,351

This study was supported by the United States Public Health Service grant MH 13509. The authors would like to express their gratitude to Sondra Krakower for her valuable assistance with one of the experiments

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