It is clear a relational approach to the study of empathy is gaining traction across multiple disciplines. Both commentaries on “A Relational Framework for Integrating the Study of Empathy in Children and Adults” underscored the need to expand the relational framework of empathy to incorporate the broader social and cultural context in which children and adults live. In the present reply we outline some specific ways that culture can inform the study of empathy in interpersonal contexts. We focus on how culture and context shape the meaning of empathy and its expression and highlight how a within-culture approach to the study of empathy will advance our understanding of this nebulous construct.

很明显，一种用于共情研究的关系方法正在跨多个学科获得关注。两项关于“将儿童和成人的移情研究相结合的关系框架”的评论都强调，有必要扩大移情的关系框架，以纳入儿童和成人生活的更广泛的社会和文化背景。在本答复中，我们概述了文化可以在人际关系中为同情研究提供信息的一些具体方式。我们专注于文化和语境如何塑造移情的含义及其表达，并着重强调一种文化内研究移情的方法将如何增进我们对这种模糊结构的理解。