Childhood Maltreatment and Empathy in Community and Justice Samples: The Moderating Role of Positive Childhood Experiences

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Telma Catarina Almeida Renata Guarda Olga Cunha a Egas Moniz School of Health & Science, Caparica, Almada, Portugalb Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM), IUEM, Caparica, Portugalc LabPSI – Laboratório de Psicologia Egas Moniz, IUEM, Caparica, Portugald Universidade Lusófona; HEI‐Lab: Digital Human‐Environment Interaction Labs, Porto, PortugalTelma Catarina Almeida, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Egas Moniz School of Health & Science and an integrated member and researcher at the CiiEM – Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Portugal. Her research interests focus on childhood victimization, adulthood victimization, and mental health. She is also a clinical and forensic psychologist who works with victims and offenders.Renata Guarda, MSc, is a forensic psychologist who works on social intervention projects. She also works with victims and offenders in the court setting and is a trainer in the field of violence.Olga Cunha, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Psychology, Education, and Sports, Lusófona University, Porto, Portugal, and a researcher at the Hei Lab: Digital Human-Environment Interaction Lab.

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