Association between empathy and drinking among a community sample of heavy drinkers: Sex differences and neural correlates.

ABSTRACT: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major health problem, yet most individuals with AUD do not perceive a need for formal treatment and do not receive treatment. The lack of treatment seeking among individuals with AUD may suggest a lack of self-awareness and insight into the seriousness of AUD related problems, as well as lack of empathy for the impact of one's drinking on others. Recent work has suggested that empathy may be impaired among individuals seeking treatment for AUD. Further these impairments may differ by sex such that males with lower empathy reported more drinking consequences and greater drinking intensity, but there was no association between empathy and drinking among females. The current study used regression analyses (alpha = 0.05) to examine the association between empath

SUBMITTER: Robinson CSH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9547551 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature