倾向性共情对政治意识形态与枪支管制支持之间关系的调节作用

IF 2.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2025.113349

Matthew Young , Travis N. Ray , Michael Schmidt , Michele R. Parkhill

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摘要

枪支暴力在美国是一个紧迫的公共卫生问题。枪支暴力与各种身体、心理和经济后果有关，是政治辩论的频繁话题。本研究考察了性格共情在调节政治意识形态与支持更严格的枪支管制之间的关系中的作用。714名大学生完成了政治意识形态、情感和认知同理心以及对枪支管制的态度的测试。结果表明，保守的政治意识形态与支持更严格的枪支管制呈负相关，而情感同理心与支持枪支管制呈正相关。情感共情调节了保守政治意识形态与支持枪支管制之间的关联，其中情感共情水平越高的个体，这种关联越弱。然而，认知同理心与支持枪支管制无关，也没有显示出显著的调节作用。这些发现表明，情感同理心可能在塑造人们对枪支管制的态度方面发挥作用，尤其是在那些政治意识形态较为保守的人群中。这项研究有助于我们理解同理心、对枪支政策的支持以及政治心理学。

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The moderating role of dispositional empathy on the association between political ideology and support for gun control

Gun violence is a pressing public health issue in the United States. Gun violence has been linked to various physical, psychological, and financial consequences, and is a frequent topic of political debate. This study examined the role of dispositional empathy in moderating the association between political ideology and support for stricter gun control. A sample of 714 university students completed measures of political ideology, affective and cognitive empathy, and attitudes toward gun control. Results indicated that conservative political ideology was negatively associated with support for stricter gun control, while affective empathy was positively associated with support for gun control. Affective empathy moderated the association between conservative political ideology and support for gun control, wherein the association was weaker among individuals with higher levels of affective empathy. Cognitive empathy, however, was not associated with support for gun control and did not demonstrate a significant moderating effect. These findings suggest that affective empathy may play a role in shaping attitudes toward gun control, particularly among those with more conservative political ideologies. This research contributes to our understanding of empathy, support for gun policy, and political psychology.

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

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4.70%

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577

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.