Jia Fanli, Li Lihong, Krettenauer Tobias
Department of Psychology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Psychology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Psych J. 2019 Jun;8(2):203-211. doi: 10.1002/pchj.261. Epub 2019 Jan 10.
This study investigated adolescents' self- and other-evaluative moral emotions in prosocial contexts across cultures (Chinese and Canadian). The sample consisted of 341 adolescents from three age groups: early adolescents (Grade 7-8), middle adolescents (Grade 10-11), and late adolescents (1st-2nd-year university). Approximately equal numbers of participants were recruited across genders, age groups, and cultures. Participants were presented eight different scenarios depicting the self or others in prosocial contexts. Moral emotions were assessed following each scenario by asking participants to rate the intensity of both self-evaluative (pride, satisfaction, guilt, and shame) and other-evaluative (admiration, respect, anger, and contempt) moral emotions. The results indicated that Chinese early adolescents rated more intense other-evaluative emotions than the same age group in Canada. Chinese middle and late adolescents rated less intense self-evaluative emotions than the same age groups in Canada. Overall, the results revealed both cultural differences and similarities in self- and other-evaluative moral emotions. The present study also suggests a cross-cultural investigation of moral emotion from a developmental perspective.
本研究调查了不同文化背景（中国和加拿大）下青少年在亲社会情境中的自我和他人评价道德情绪。样本包括来自三个年龄组的341名青少年：青少年早期（7 - 8年级）、青少年中期（10 - 11年级）和青少年晚期（大学一、二年级）。在不同性别、年龄组和文化中招募的参与者数量大致相等。向参与者展示了八个不同的情境，描绘了亲社会情境中的自我或他人。在每个情境之后，通过要求参与者对自我评价（自豪、满足、内疚和羞耻）和他人评价（钦佩、尊重、愤怒和蔑视）道德情绪的强度进行评分来评估道德情绪。结果表明，中国青少年早期比加拿大同年龄组的人对他人评价情绪的评分更高。中国青少年中期和晚期比加拿大同年龄组的人对自我评价情绪的评分更低。总体而言，结果揭示了自我和他人评价道德情绪中的文化差异和相似之处。本研究还建议从发展的角度对道德情绪进行跨文化调查。
