Perspective Taking and Empathy: Does Having Similar Past Experience to Another Person Make It Easier to Take Their Perspective?

Q3 Psychology

Journal of Relationships Research Pub Date : 2015-09-01 DOI:10.1017/jrr.2015.6

A. Gerace, A. Day, Sharon Casey, P. Mohr

引用次数: 31

Abstract

This study tested the hypothesis that it is easier to take the perspective of another person when one has similar past experience. Volunteer participants (N = 154) were asked to take the perspective of a protagonist in one of four problematic interpersonal situations and then to rate the ease with which they felt able to perspective take and the extent of their personal past experience of similar situations. Similar past experience predicted ease of perspective taking, with the relationship influenced by reflection on past experience. Ease of perspective taking mediated the relationship between similar past experience and participant perceptions of their accuracy in understanding the other person, but ease was not associated with emotional arousal. The findings have potential therapeutic applications for attempts to increase empathy and understanding in people for whom perspective taking may be difficult.

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换位思考和同理心:与他人有相似的过去经历会让你更容易换位思考吗?

这项研究验证了一个假设，即当一个人有类似的过去经历时，更容易站在另一个人的角度来看问题。志愿者参与者(N = 154)被要求在四种有问题的人际关系情境中扮演主角的角色，然后对他们能够轻松地看待问题的程度以及他们个人过去经历类似情境的程度进行评分。相似的过去经验预示着容易采取观点，这种关系受到对过去经验反思的影响。易接受的观点在相似的过去经历和参与者对自己理解他人的准确性的感知之间起中介作用，但易接受的观点与情绪唤起无关。这些发现有潜在的治疗应用，可以帮助那些难以接受观点的人增加同理心和理解。

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Journal of Relationships Research Psychology-Social Psychology

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