Assessing a New Dimension of Empathy: Empathic Anger as a Predictor of Helping and Punishing Desires

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Anger and Prosocial Behavior (2014, background): “Furthermore, anger was operationalized in many different ways, including generalized anger (e.g., Iyer et al., 2007), moral outrage specifically (e.g., Montada & Schneider, 1989; Wakslak et al., 2007), or empathic anger (e.g., Vitaglione & Barnett, 2003).”
The QCAE: A Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy (2009, background): ““A concern for another’s welfare, an emotional reaction to the feelings and plight of another, and an angry reaction on behalf of a victim of some injustice” (Vitaglione & Barnett, 2003) seem to rely on the ability to be sensitive to and vicariously experience the feelings of others.”
Dimensions of Conscience in Mid-adolescence: Links with Social Behavior, Parenting, and Temperament (2008, methodology): “In addition to empathy, a number of researchers have also argued that anger can serve to motivate moral behavior (Hoffman 2000; Rozin et al. 1999; Staub 1987; Vitaglione and Barnett 2003 ).”
Understanding the psychology of bullying: Moving toward a social-ecological diathesis-stress model. (2015, background): “if they feel angry (Rocke Henderson & Hymel, 2011; Sokol, Bussey, & Rapee, 2014), what Vitaglione and Barnett (2003) refer as empathic anger in adults.”