Inspired by the Paralympics: Effects of Empathy on Audience Interest in Para-Sports and on the Destigmatization of Persons With Disabilities
Inspired by the Paralympics: Effects of Empathy on Audience Interest in Para-Sports and on the Destigmatization of Persons With Disabilities
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10.1177/0093650215626984
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发表时间：
2018-06-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Scherr, Sebastian
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作者：
Bartsch, Anne;Oliver, Mary Beth;Scherr, Sebastian
优等主义娱乐和反歧视理论一致认为，残奥会运动员的肖像引发的同理心可以增加观众对残奥会的兴趣，并可能导致对残疾人的亲社会态度的总体改变。通过三个实验来检验移情在促进公众意识和去邪教方面的双重、相辅相成的作用。参与者观看了关于残奥会的电视广告，这些广告引起了不同程度的共鸣。正如预期的那样，结构方程模型揭示了移情对观众的兴趣、态度和行为意图的间接影响，这些影响是由提升和反思性思维(研究1和2)以及亲密度、提升和怜悯(研究3)中介的。调解效果对反思、提升和亲密感是积极的，但对同情是消极的。讨论了关于同情的问题影响的结果，以及关于提升超临界叙事可能导致总体上对残疾人的负面看法的担忧。
Theories of eudaimonic entertainment and destigmatization concur to suggest that empathic feelings elicited by portrayals of Paralympic athletes can increase audience interest in para-sports and can lead to prosocial attitude change toward persons with disabilities in general. Three experiments were conducted to examine this dual, mutually reinforcing function of empathy in promoting public awareness and destigmatization. Participants watched television spots about the Paralympics that elicited different levels of empathy. As expected, structural equation modeling revealed indirect effects of empathy on audience interest, attitudes, and behavioral intentions that were mediated by elevation and reflective thoughts (Studies 1 and 2), and by feelings of closeness, elevation, and pity (Study 3). Mediation effects were positive for reflective thoughts, elevation, and closeness, but were negative for pity. Results are discussed with regard to problematic effects of pity, and concerns that elevating supercrip narratives might lead to negative perceptions of persons with disabilities in general.