Can Empathy Improve Concern for Secondary Group Members? Testing an Emotionally Engaging Video Intervention

被引：9

作者：

Cargile, Aaron Castelan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Calif State Univ Long Beach, Dept Commun Studies, Long Beach, CA 90840 USA

来源：

COMMUNICATION RESEARCH REPORTS | 2016年 / 33卷 / 03期

关键词：

Emotion; Empathy; Group; Video Intervention;

D O I：

10.1080/08824096.2016.1186623

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

Media presentations that attempt to improve intergroup relations often portray stigmatized group members in a sympathetic light in order to induce empathy. Emotion priming research suggests that induced empathy may not only affect reactions to those portrayed, but also to a wide range of secondary others. In order to test this possible secondary or transfer effect, the present study assessed whether empathy induced by a video of a boy with cancer could also increase caring for an unrelated stigmatized group member. Although the video was not found to have a direct effect, it did have a significant indirect effect on caring for the stigmatized group member, mediated by concern for the boy. In addition, this indirect effect was also moderated by both age and gender.

引用

页码：265 / 268

页数：4

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