成年期的情感同理心:一个元分析性综述
Amy L Jarvis1, Stephanie Wong1, Michael Weightman2
1Justice and Society Unit, University of South Australia.
Psychology and aging
|November 16, 2023
概括
情感同情,分享他人的感受的能力,似乎随着年龄的增长而增加. 这一元分析澄清了以往关于晚年生活中情绪变化的混合发现.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 情感同理心,对另一个人的情感反应,显示与衰老的不一致的关联.
- 以前的研究提出了关于情感同情心在成年人一生中如何变化的混合证据.
研究的目的:
- 综合现有数据,并调查整个成年期情绪同理心的横截面变化.
- 为了澄清以前关于情感同情心在晚年生活中起作用的混合报告.
主要方法:
- 在Embase,APA PsycInfo,Medline和Scopus数据库中进行系统的文献搜索,直到2022年10月.
- 随机效应的元分析对33项研究进行,分别比较年长和年轻的成年人,7项研究连续检查年龄 (18-100岁).
主要成果:
- 与年轻人相比,老年人表现出明显更高的情感同情心 (分类分析,g = 0.10,p = .039).
- 在连续分析中,在年龄和情感同理心之间发现了显著的正相关性 (z = .08,p = .033).
- 根据使用的特定情绪同情度量,年龄的影响有所不同,但不是根据测量类型 (状态与特征) 或性别比.
结论:
- 截面数据表明,情感同理心可能会在成年期增加.
- 这些发现凸显了需要重新检查不同情感同理心措施的融合有效性.
- 未来的研究应该利用多样化的样本和纵向设计,进一步探索与年龄相关的同理心变化.
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