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‘I Think, You Think’: Understanding the Importance of Self-Reflection to the Taking of Another Person's Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2017

Adam Gerace ,
Andrew Day ,
Sharon Casey  and
Philip Mohr
Adam Gerace*
Affiliation:
School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Andrew Day
Affiliation:
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Sharon Casey
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Philip Mohr
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
*
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Adam Gerace, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Email: adam.gerace@flinders.edu.au
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Abstract

This article reviews current knowledge about how the tendency to reflect on personal experience is related to the tendency to take another's perspective. While it is well established that self-reflection leads to a greater understanding of one's own emotions, cognitions, and behaviours, the extent to which it is associated with understanding others is less well understood, despite the implications of this for the development of more effective interventions to improve empathy. The types of self-reflection that are used in clinical and psychotherapeutic interventions are used to illustrate the possibilities here, and ways in which clinicians may increase their own self-reflection are also considered.

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perspective takingself-reflectioninsightruminationempathypast experience

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Journal of Relationships Research , Volume 8 , 2017 , e9
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