Do Empathetic People Have Strong Religious Beliefs? Survey Studies with Large Japanese Samples
Do Empathetic People Have Strong Religious Beliefs? Survey Studies with Large Japanese Samples
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有同理心的人有坚定的宗教信仰吗？
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10.1080/10508619.2022.2057059
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2022
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Watanabe Katsumi
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Ishii Tatsunori;Watanabe Katsumi
人格因素的探索，以解释宗教信仰的个体差异已经证明了移情关注和宗教信仰之间的联系，使用移情关注子量表的人际反应指数（IRI-EC）。宗教认知科学的研究强调与心智化相关的移情能力在宗教信仰获得中的作用，并论证了移情商数（EQ）与宗教信仰之间的关系。目前的研究旨在比较宗教信仰和两个代表性的移情措施（IRI-EC和EQ）之间的关系的强度。研究1旨在统计学上评估EQ/IRI-EC与4个日本样本（Ns = 207，155，208，183）的宗教信仰之间的关系强度。随机效应模型的微型荟萃分析结果表明，IRI-EC的效应量（半偏相关，rsp）（rsp= 0.120，95%CI [0.0002，0.237]）大于EQ的效应量（rsp= 0.074，95%CI [-0.0001，0.147]）。此外，研究2（N= 1440）证实了这些结果。因此，本研究提供了可靠的证据，证明非西方样本中共情和宗教信仰之间的联系。我们讨论了共情关注和心理化相关的共情如何有助于获得宗教信仰。缩略语：EQ：共情商数; IRI-EC：人际反应指数-共情关注; WEIRD：西方，受过教育，工业化，富裕，民主
The exploration of personality factors to explain individual differences in religiosity has demonstrated a link between empathic concern and religious beliefs using the Empathic Concern subscale of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI-EC). Research in the cognitive science of religion emphasized the role of empathizing ability related to mentalizing in acquisition of religious belief and has demonstrated the relationship between the Empathy Quotient (EQ) and religious belief. The current study was designed to compare the strength of relationships between religious belief and two representative measures of empathy (the IRI-EC and the EQ). Study 1 aimed to statistically evaluate the strength of the relationship between the EQ/IRI-EC and religious belief with four Japanese samples (Ns = 207, 155, 208, 183). The mini meta-analysis results with random effect model indicated that the effect size (semi partial correlation,rsp) of the IRI-EC (rsp= .120, 95%CI [.0002, .237]) was larger than that of the EQ (rsp= .074, 95%CI [−.0001, .147]). Moreover, these results were confirmed by Study 2 (N= 1440). Thus, the present study provided reliable evidence of the link between empathy and religious belief in non-Western samples. We discuss how empathic concern and mentalizing-related empathy contribute to acquiring religious beliefs.Abbreviations:EQ: Empathy Quotient; IRI-EC: Interpersonal Reactivity Index-Empathic Concern; WEIRD: Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic