Zhan Siqun, Shrestha Silu, Zhong Nian
Department of Philosophy, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Oct 21;13:967339. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.967339. eCollection 2022.
This study investigates the effects of loneliness and empathy on romantic relationship satisfaction and phubbing. Loneliness plays a mediating role in romantic relationship satisfaction and phubbing. The level of empathy moderates these mediating effects. Five hundred and four Chinese adults completed tests of romantic relationship satisfaction, phubbing, loneliness, and empathy. The results show that romantic relationship satisfaction is negatively correlated with phubbing. Loneliness mediates this process. Specifically, lower romantic relationship satisfaction leads to more phubbing by increasing loneliness. Our study also shows that the mediating relationship is moderated by the level of empathy. To be more specific, the higher the level of empathy, the stronger the impact of romantic relationship satisfaction on loneliness, and the more phubbing individuals exhibit.
本研究调查了孤独感和同理心对浪漫关系满意度及冷落行为的影响。孤独感在浪漫关系满意度和冷落行为中起中介作用。同理心水平调节这些中介效应。504名中国成年人完成了浪漫关系满意度、冷落行为、孤独感和同理心的测试。结果表明，浪漫关系满意度与冷落行为呈负相关。孤独感在这一过程中起中介作用。具体而言，较低的浪漫关系满意度会通过增加孤独感导致更多的冷落行为。我们的研究还表明，中介关系受到同理心水平的调节。更具体地说，同理心水平越高，浪漫关系满意度对孤独感的影响越强，个体表现出的冷落行为就越多。
