Scope and Method of Study: Conceptualizations of the construct of empathy have varied with differing methods used to examine it. Based on discordant findings in previous research on self-reported empathy and behavioral measures of empathy, the current study tested the hypothesis that self-reported and behavioral measures are significantly positively correlated with one another. Neurotypical undergraduate students completed self-report measures of empathy (Interpersonal Reactivity Index;
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