자료유형  

 학위논문

Control Number  

0017162907

International Standard Book Number  

9798384232049

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

658

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Anderson, Stephen.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

[S.l.] : The Pennsylvania State University., 2024

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024

Physical Description  

135 p.

General Note  

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-03, Section: B.

General Note  

Advisor: Cameron, Christopher Daryl.

Dissertation Note  

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Pennsylvania State University, 2024.

Summary, Etc.  

요약Empathy and morality are often linked. When witnessing a person in need, feeling empathy for this person's suffering can often facilitate the belief that they are worthy of concern and a legitimate victim of a moral wrong. In this dissertation, we examine whether morality can be facilitated through secondhand empathy,where one witnesses and empathizes with the empathy expressed by another person towards a victim. Across three studies, we tested the hypothesis that secondhand empathy increases the belief that harm done to victims is morally wrong (i.e., moralization) and levels of empathic concern for victims. In Study 1, participants who were instructed to either empathize with victims (firsthand empathy) or with people who showed empathy for these victims (secondhand empathy) both reported greater moralization and concern for victims (vs. two control groups, where participants were instructed to emotionally detach themselves from victims or empathizers), suggesting that secondhand empathy may shape morality to a similar degree as firsthand empathy. In Study 2, secondhand empathy did not increase moralization or concern when compared to a baseline, no-instruction control group; however, instructions to emotionally detach oneself from empathizers (i.e., secondhand detachment) decreased moralization and concern when compared to this no-instruction control. In Study 3, we examined whether effects of secondhand empathy may differ depending on how much a person is inclined to show empathy towards a victim by default. We tested this question by comparing effects of secondhand empathy on moralization and concern when victims were part of either a stigmatized (i.e., having a history of drug addiction) or non-stigmatized (i.e., a middle-class American) group. Secondhand empathy slightly increased empathic concern (but not moralization) across both stigmatized and non-stigmatized victims. Overall, these studies provide mixed evidence that secondhand empathy can facilitate morality and concern for victims and broaden our theoretical understanding of the role of empathy in morality.

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Behavior.

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Smoking.

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Animal rights movement.

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Social norms.

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Stigma.

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Compassion.

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Empathy.

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Morality.

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Attitudes.

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Emotions.

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Animal cognition.

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Behavioral sciences.

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Social psychology.

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The Pennsylvania State University.

Host Item Entry  

Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-03B.

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