Grignoli, Nicola Filipponi, Chiara Petrocchi, Serena 2022 In the current pandemic situation, psychological science is increasingly considered by public health policy. Empathy is mainly recognized as a crucial drive for prosocial behavior. However, this rich body of evidence still lacks visibility and implementation. Effective social programs are needed, and little is known about how to elicit empathetic drives. The paper gives first a clear foundation to the role of empathy during stressful events. It provides then a comprehensive overview of innovative interventions triggering empathic response in the public such as fiction, film, and theater. Moreover, it integrates interactive ways of sharing personal views that could elicit empathetic feelings in different people. Advances deriving from this perspective could be of significant public interest in the current and future health crises and help authorities develop innovative social programs, which should be the focus of further scientific inquiry. application/pdf https://susi.usi.ch/global/documents/331370 https://n2t.net/ark:/12658/srd1331370 https://susi.usi.ch/documents/331370/files/Petrocchi_2022_Frontiers_Front Psych_Eliciting empathetic drives.pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.963544 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/ark/12658/srd1331370 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC BY Frontiers in Psychology. - 2022, vol. 13, p. 963544 Empathy Prosocial behavior Stress Social intervention Fiction Theatre COVID-19 Pandemic info:eu-repo/classification/udc/61 Eliciting empathetic drives to pro-social behaviour during stressful events http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501