Department of Psychology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, China.
Department of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, China.
Sci Rep. 2023 Mar 14;13(1):4208. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-31039-3.
This study examined the role of dispositional mindfulness in the association between intelligence and prosocial behavior. A total of 759 college students (mean age is 22.03; 477 females) participated in exchange for extra credit in psychology course. The results confirmed a positive relationship between intelligence and prosocial behavior as revealed by many studies, with empathy serving as a potential mediator. Mindfulness negatively moderated all the hypothesized pathways between research variables. Specifically, with the increase of the levels of dispositional mindfulness, (1) the intelligence-prosociality association changed from positive to negative, (2) the intelligence-empathy association changed from positively significant to insignificant, (3) the empathy-prosociality association changed from stronger to weaker. These findings may suggest some limitations of mindfulness. That is, present moment awareness and acceptance of the status quo may result in reduced arousal when witnessing others suffering, thereby preventing high intelligence individuals from helping the sufferers to get rid of trouble.
本研究考察了特质正念在智力与亲社会行为之间关系中的作用。共有 759 名大学生（平均年龄为 22.03 岁，其中 477 名为女性）参与了这一研究，以获得心理学课程的额外学分。结果证实了许多研究表明的智力与亲社会行为之间的正相关关系，其中同理心是潜在的中介变量。正念对研究变量之间所有假设的路径都有负向调节作用。具体来说，随着特质正念水平的提高，（1）智力-亲社会性的关联由正相关变为负相关，（2）智力-同理心的关联由显著正相关变为不显著，（3）同理心-亲社会性的关联由更强变为更弱。这些发现可能表明正念存在一些局限性。也就是说，当目睹他人受苦时，对当下的觉察和对现状的接纳可能会导致唤醒程度降低，从而阻止高智商个体帮助受难者摆脱困境。
