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Empathizing With a Dissimilar Other: The Role of Self-Other Distinction in Sympathetic Responding
| Title: | Empathizing With a Dissimilar Other: The Role of Self-Other Distinction in Sympathetic Responding |
| Authors: | Kameda, Tatsuya Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Murata, Aiko Browse this author | | Sasaki, Choetsu Browse this author | | Higuchi, Satomi Browse this author | | Inukai, Keigo Browse this author |
| Keywords: | sympathy | | self-other distinction | | executive function | | physiological arousal | | dispositional differences |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2012 |
| Publisher: | Society for Personality and Social Psychology |
| Journal Title: | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin |
| Volume: | 38 |
| Issue: | 8 |
| Start Page: | 997 |
| End Page: | 1003 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1177/0146167212442229 |
| PMID: | 22476922 |
| Abstract: | Can we empathize effectively with someone who has a different sensitivity to physical events from ours? Or, are we susceptible to an egocentric bias in over-projection, which may lead us to under- or over-react in such cases? In this study, participants with normal visual and auditory capacity observed a video clip in which a sighted or blind target was exposed to a strong flash or high-frequency sound, while their physiological arousals during the observation were recorded. On average, participants displayed a differential arousal pattern to the aversive stimuli, according to the target's ability to perceive them. Degrees of arousal control were also correlated with dispositional differences in empathy. Participants who scored higher on the Empathic Concern subscale of Davis's IRI were better at controlling arousals in accordance with the target x Stimulus interaction. Our findings have important implications for helping disabled people while respecting their inherent dignity and individual autonomy. |
| Rights: | Copyright © 2012 by Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc. The final, definitive version is available at http://online.sagepub.com/. |
| Relation: | http://online.sagepub.com/ |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/53052 |
| Appears in Collections: | 文学院・文学研究院 (Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences / Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 亀田 達也
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