Sex, college major, and attribution of responsibility in empathic responding to persons with HIV infection
Sex, college major, and attribution of responsibility in empathic responding to persons with HIV infection
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DOI：
10.2466/pr0.95.6.467-476
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发表时间：
2004-10-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Turner, C
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作者：
Bécares, L;Turner, C
本研究探讨了性别、大学专业和归因责任对大学生对HIV感染者移情反应的影响。我们假设：（1）女性在同理心方面的得分高于男性;（2）护理和心理学专业的学生在同理心方面的得分高于商业和计算机科学专业的学生;（3）参与者对通过输血感染艾滋病毒的目标（被视为不负责任的目标）的同理心得分高于通过无保护措施的性行为感染艾滋病毒的目标（被视为负责任的目标）。在东北部一所大型城市大学就读的258名本科生（110名男性，148名女性）填写了一份匿名人口统计学问卷、戴维斯的人际反应指数（1983）和作者开发的移情反应量表。结果表明，较高的平均移情反应得分从护理和心理学专业的学生相比，商业和计算机科学专业的学生。男女之间的移情反应分数没有差异。一个更高的共情反应得分被发现在参与者谁读了一本日记，从目标描绘为不负责任，而不是那些谁读了一本日记，从目标描绘为负责任。
This investigation studied the influence of sex, college major, and attributed responsibility on college students' empathic responding towards persons infected with HIV. We hypothesized that (1) women would score higher on empathy than men; (2) nursing and psychology majors would score higher on empathy than business and computer science majors; and (3) participants would score higher on empathy towards a target who contracted HIV through blood transfusion (presented as a Nonresponsible target) rather than through unprotected sex (presented as a Responsible target). Two hundred and fifty-eight undergraduate students (110 male, 148 female) attending a large urban university in the northeast filled out an anonymous demographic questionnaire, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index of Davis (1983), and an Empathy Reaction Scale that was developed by the authors. Results indicated a higher mean Empathy Reaction score from nursing and psychology students as compared to business and computer science students. There was no difference in Empathy Reaction scores between men and women. A higher Empathy Reaction score was found among participants who had read a diary from the target portrayed as Nonresponsible, as opposed to those who read a diary from the target portrayed as Responsible.