Felt understanding as a mediator between shared social identity, and empathy and prosocial behaviour

在过去十年中，国内动乱急剧上升，包括大规模抗议(例如，布坎南、布伊和帕特尔，2020年7月3日；克里萨菲斯，2018年12月7日)、民众起义(Chulov，2019年10月20日；菲利普斯，2019年10月21日)和政治两极分化(例如，霍博特、利珀和蒂利，2018年；迪莫克等人，2014年，Sylwester&Purver，2016)。至关重要的是，2019-2020年的骚乱激增是在一场全球大流行的背景下展开的，这要求个人采取合作和亲社会的行为。在经历了由动乱和冲突定义的动荡的一年之后，研究促进团结、同理心和合作的心理机制可能从未像现在这样重要。这个被提议的博士项目的首要目标是检验感受到的理解是否在共享的社会认同、同理心和亲社会行为之间起到桥梁作用。该项目将涉及一系列实验，以检验主要命题，即共享的社会认同提供了一个基础，在此基础上可以预期和体验到感觉上的理解(即感觉上的同理心)，这反过来又预测了积极的结果，如同理心和亲社会行为。

The last decade has seen a drastic upswing in civil unrest including large-scale protests (e.g., Buchanan, Bui, & Patel, 2020, July 3; Chrisafis, 2018, December 7), popular uprisings (Chulov, 2019, October 20; Phillips, 2019, October 21), and political polarization (e.g. Hobolt, Leeper, & Tilley, 2018; Dimock et al., 2014, as cited by Sylwester & Purver, 2016). Crucially, the surge in unrest in 2019-2020 has unfolded against the backdrop of a global pandemic, requiring individuals to behave co-operatively and prosocially. In the wake of a turbulent year defined by upheaval and conflict, investigating the psychological mechanisms promoting unity, empathy, and cooperation has perhaps never been more relevant. The overarching aim of this proposed PhD project is to examine whether felt understanding functions as a bridge between shared social identity, and empathy and prosocial behaviour. The project will involve a series of experiments which test that main proposition that shared social identity provides a foundation upon which felt understanding (i.e., felt empathy) can be expected and experienced, which in turn predicts positive outcomes such as empathy and pro-social behaviour.