An affective response that shares aspects of another person's state while preserving awareness that the state belongs to the other. This is distinct from simply becoming distressed and from understanding a state without sharing it.
Responses to another person’s pain. Shared affect, inference about the person, self-directed distress and motivation to help require separate measures.

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