This article presents 7 simple models of the relationship between cognitive empathy (mental perspective taking) and emotional empathy (the vicarious sharing of emotion). I consider behavioral outcomes of the models, arguing that, during human evolution, natural selection may have acted on variation in the relationship between cognitive empathy and…

Prevalence estimates of psychiatric disorders in 10-year-old rural Norwegian children were based on responses to symptom checklists distributed to parents and teachers. Parents' index showed highest validity and was used as a basis for prevalence estimates. Properties of the index were shown to be sample specific. (Author/AS)

This report presents the rationale behind and the initial findings from a research project investigating the competence of children vulnerable to psychopathology. (Author)