Torstveit Linda, Sütterlin Stefan, Lugo Ricardo Gregorio
Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Section of Psychology, Lillehammer University College, Lillehammer, Norway.
Section of Psychology, Lillehammer University College, Lillehammer, Norway.
Eur J Psychol. 2016 May 31;12(2):260-70. doi: 10.5964/ejop.v12i2.1097. eCollection 2016 May.
Guilt is a moral emotion that is often looked upon as a negative trait. However, studies show that some individuals are more predisposed to think, feel and act in a more ethical manner because of a lower threshold to experience guilt. Some theories of helping behaviour emphasize the evolutionary mechanisms, while other theories stress the importance of social variables. This study investigated whether guilt proneness as a dispositional trait can be associated with prosocial behaviour. Five hundred sixty-nine participants reported in an online survey their own levels of guilt proneness, frequency of prosocial behaviour, and related cognitions such as empathy. This study is among the first to demonstrate how guilt proneness combined with empathy can explain additional variance in prosocial behaviour. The findings also indicate gender differences in the precursors of prosocial behaviour, suggesting women are more influenced by the effects of guilt proneness on prosocial behaviour than men.
内疚是一种道德情感，常常被视为一种负面特质。然而，研究表明，一些人由于体验内疚的阈值较低，更倾向于以更符合道德的方式思考、感受和行动。一些助人行为理论强调进化机制，而其他理论则强调社会变量的重要性。本研究调查了作为一种性格特质的内疚倾向是否与亲社会行为相关。569名参与者在一项在线调查中报告了他们自己的内疚倾向水平、亲社会行为频率以及诸如同理心等相关认知。本研究是首批证明内疚倾向与同理心如何能够解释亲社会行为中额外差异的研究之一。研究结果还表明亲社会行为的先兆存在性别差异，这表明女性比男性更容易受到内疚倾向对亲社会行为影响的影响。
