In- and Out-Group Effects on Social Perception and Empathy in Cocaine Use Disorder

ABSTRACT: Earlier research revealed that cocaine users display impairments in emotional but not necessarily in cognitive empathy. However, no study to date has tested whether empathy is generally altered or whether impairments are restricted to specific social targets. The current investigation addresses this open question. In addition, we examined whether attributions of warmth and competence as well as personal future expectancies differed between cocaine users and substance-naïve controls. Twenty-two chronic cocaine users and 40 stimulant-naïve controls specified their perceived warmth and competence for four social targets [in-group member, opposite consumption out-group member (cocaine user for controls and non-user for cocaine user), opposite consumption out-group member of opposite gender, an

SUBMITTER: Aue T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9376468 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature