Empathy, group norms and children's ethnic attitudes
Empathy, group norms and children's ethnic attitudes
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DOI：
10.1016/j.appdev.2005.08.003
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发表时间：
2005-11-01
影响因子：
3
通讯作者：
Maass, A
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作者：
Nesdale, D;Griffith, J;Maass, A
Two minimal group studies (Ns= 150, 123) examined the impact of emotional empathy on the ethnic attitudes of 5 to 12-year old white Anglo-Australian children. Study I evaluated the relationship between empathy and attitudes towards a same (Anglo-Australian) versus different ethnicity (Pacific Islander) outgroup. A significant empathy x outgroup ethnicity interaction revealed that empathy was unrelated to the children's liking for the same ethnicity outgroup, but that liking for the different ethnicity outgroup increased as empathy increased. Study 2 examined the influence of empathy on attitudes towards the different ethnicity outgroup when the ingroup had a norm of inclusion versus exclusion. A significant empathy x group norm interaction revealed that empathy was unrelated to liking when the ingroup had a norm of exclusion, but that liking for the different ethnicity outgroup increased when the ingroup had a norm of inclusion. Implications of the findings for promoting children's positive attitudes to ethnic minority groups are discussed. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
