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  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Intellectual humility (IH) involves recognizing the limits of one's own knowledge.
  • Empathy encompasses cognitive and emotional understanding of others' states.
  • The relationship between IH and empathy requires further empirical investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between intellectual humility and cognitive and emotional empathy.
  • To examine if intellectual humility causally influences empathic accuracy.
  • To explore the role of intellectual humility in empathic resilience.

Main Methods:

  • Three preregistered studies (N = 533) utilizing correlational and experimental designs.
  • Measurement of intellectual humility and various facets of empathy, including empathic accuracy and empathic concern.
  • A manipulation designed to enhance state intellectual humility to test causal pathways.

Main Results:

  • A consistent positive association was found between intellectual humility and empathic accuracy, particularly towards outgroup members.
  • Experimental manipulation of intellectual humility led to increased empathic accuracy, supporting a causal link.
  • Intellectual humility was shown to predict empathic resilience, mitigating personal distress while preserving empathic concern.

Conclusions:

  • Intellectual humility positively influences both cognitive and emotional aspects of empathy.
  • Findings suggest that fostering intellectual humility may enhance social understanding and interpersonal connections.
  • Intellectual humility plays a role in maintaining empathic engagement under conditions of personal distress.