社会阶级,schadenfreude以及儿童在道德上下文中的亲社会行为
Zuo-Jun Wang1, Ya-Meng Wang1, Ying Wei2
1Department of Psychology, School of Public Administration, Hohai University.
Emotion (Washington, D.C.)
|March 21, 2024
概括
来自较高社会阶层的孩子在经历了道德上负面的行为后目睹不幸时,经历了更多的schadenfreude和较少的亲社会行为. 这是由他们对应得的感觉和伤害快乐介导的.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 道德心理学道德心理学
背景情况:
- 关于社会阶级与儿童亲社会行为之间的联系,存在不同的发现.
- 在道德背景下理解这种关系对于发展洞察至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查社会阶级对儿童在道德背景下的亲社会行为的影响.
- 探索这种关系中伤害快乐和应得的调解角色.
主要方法:
- 第1项研究 (N=833) 检查了社会阶级在schadenfreude和亲社会行为的差异.
- 第二项研究 (N=389) 调查了高社会阶层儿童中增加的schadenfreude背后的机制 (同情心与应得).
- 使用了顺序调解分析.
主要成果:
- 来自较高社会阶层的儿童在一个目标儿童在道德上负面的目标之后面临不幸时,表现出更大的schadenfreude和更少的亲社会行为.
- 在研究1中,schadenfreude调解了社会阶级和亲社会行为之间的关系.
- 发现了一种连续的调解效应:在研究2中,社会阶级通过应得性,然后通过schadenfreude影响了亲社会行为.
结论:
- 社会阶级显著影响孩子的道德情绪和亲社会行为.
- 更强烈的应得感和增加的伤害快乐有助于减少高社会阶层儿童的亲社会性.
- 研究结果提供了对社会经济因素影响的道德判断和行为发展的关键见解.
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