Psychology: Techniques and Application

Psychology: Techniques and Application ›› 2017, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (10): 578-585.doi: 10.16842/j.cnki.issn2095-5588.2017.10.001

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Increasing Empathy in Chinese College Student: A Crosstemporal Metaanalysis

YAN Zhiqiang; SU Jinlong; SU Yanjie   

  1. (School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100871)
  • Online:2017-10-01 Published:2017-10-01

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Abstract: As a social clue, empathy has attracted much attention of researchers, leading to a vast number of studies on its contributing factors. However, most of the existing literature is focused on microlevel factors relevant to the subjects and objects of empathy, with very few studies exploring the influence of environment that change over time on empathy. To address the issue, the present research conducted a cross-temporal metaanalysis, covering 18 studies published from 2009-2015 that measured Chinese college students empathy with Interpersonal Reactivity Index, Chinese version (IRI-C). Results showed that：(a) Time could explain 19% of the variance in college students empathy; (b) Chinese college students empathy level had been rising in the past 7 years, as the score increased by 8.3 from 2009 to 2015, yielding an effect size d of 0. 94; (c) correlation analysis showed that college students empathy was positively related to the level of national economic development (r=0.42, p<0. 05), and had a marginal negative association with the rate of juvenile crimes (r=-0. 42, p=0. 057). Finally, the current article discussed in depth the reason why college students empathy increased over years, plus the influence of changing social environments.

Key words: empathy, crosstemporal meta-analysis, college student, interpersonal reactivity index

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