Atkins, David and Uskul, Ayse K and Cooper, Nicholas R (2016) Culture shapes empathic responses to physical and social pain. Emotion, 16 (5). pp. 587-601. DOI https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000162
Atkins, David and Uskul, Ayse K and Cooper, Nicholas R (2016) Culture shapes empathic responses to physical and social pain. Emotion, 16 (5). pp. 587-601. DOI https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000162
Atkins, David and Uskul, Ayse K and Cooper, Nicholas R (2016) Culture shapes empathic responses to physical and social pain. Emotion, 16 (5). pp. 587-601. DOI https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000162
Abstract
The present research investigates the extent to which cultural background moderates empathy in response to observing someone undergoing physical or social pain. In 3 studies, we demonstrate that East Asian and White British participants differ in both affective and cognitive components of their empathic reactions in response to someone else’s pain. Compared with East Asian participants, British participants report greater empathic concern and show lower empathic accuracy. More important, findings cannot be explained by an in-group advantage effect. Potential reasons for observed cultural differences are discussed.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | empathy, culture, empathic accuracy, negative affect, empathic concern |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2016 12:09 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 19:47 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/16848 |
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