Buffone Anneke E K, Poulin Michael J
University at Buffalo, NY, USA.
University at Buffalo, NY, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2014 Nov;40(11):1406-22. doi: 10.1177/0146167214549320.
Can empathy for others motivate aggression on their behalf? This research examined potential predictors of empathy-linked aggression including the emotional state of empathy, an empathy target's distress state, and the function of the social anxiety-modulating neuropeptides oxytocin and vasopressin. In Study 1 (N = 69), self-reported empathy combined with threat to a close other and individual differences in genes for the vasopressin receptor (AVPR1a rs3) and oxytocin receptor (OXTR rs53576) to predict self-reported aggression against a person who threatened a close other. In Study 2 (N = 162), induced empathy for a person combined with OXTR variation or with that person's distress and AVPR1a variation led to increased amount of hot sauce assigned to that person's competitor. Empathy uniquely predicts aggression and may do so by way of aspects of the human caregiving system in the form of oxytocin and vasopressin.
对他人的同理心会激发代表他人的攻击行为吗？这项研究考察了与同理心相关的攻击行为的潜在预测因素，包括同理心的情绪状态、同理心目标的痛苦状态，以及调节社交焦虑的神经肽催产素和加压素的作用。在研究1（N = 69）中，自我报告的同理心与对亲密他人的威胁以及加压素受体（AVPR1a rs3）和催产素受体（OXTR rs53576）基因的个体差异相结合，预测了针对威胁亲密他人的人的自我报告的攻击行为。在研究2（N = 162）中，对一个人的诱导同理心与OXTR变异或该人的痛苦以及AVPR1a变异相结合，导致分配给该人竞争对手的辣酱量增加。同理心独特地预测攻击行为，并且可能通过催产素和加压素形式的人类照料系统的各个方面来做到这一点。
