Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 571-577.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.05.08

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Effect of Empathy on College Students' Altruistic Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

LI Wenhui1, LI Chan2, SHEN Yue3, DAN Fei1   

  1. 1. Colloege of Preschool & Primary Education, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China;
    2. College of Petroleum Engineering, Liaoning SHI HUA University, Fushun 113000, China;
    3. School of Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
  • Online:2015-09-15 Published:2015-09-15

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Abstract: Present study constructed a moderated mediation model in which neuroticism mediated the relationship between empathy and altruistic behavior, and this mediation effect was moderated by well.being. A sample of 273 college students was recruited in the present study to complete questionnaire measures of empathy, altruistic behavior, Neuroticism and Well.Being. The results indicated that: (1) Neuroticism played partial mediating effect between empathy and altruistic behavior. Empathy not only had a direct influence on altruistic behavior, but also affected altruistic behavior indirectly by neuroticism; (2) Well.being moderated the mediation path through altruistic behavior, such that this indirect effect was much stronger for college students with high well.being relative to those with low well.being. Therefore, both mediating and moderating effects exist in the association between empathy and altruistic behavior. These findings had important theoretical and reference value to increase altruistic behavior for college students.

Key words: Altruistic behavior, Empathy, Neuroticism, The Sense of Well.Being, College students

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  • B844

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