Winward Seth B, Itier Roxane J
Face Processing and Social Cognition Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Front Psychol. 2025 Apr 1;16:1527124. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1527124. eCollection 2025.
A few studies indicate that trait sexual prejudice is negatively related to trait empathy as measured by the Interpersonal Reactivity Index. Whether this association persists at the state level and is modulated by gender remains unknown. Participants read vignettes describing gay/lesbian or straight male and female characters in emotional scenarios and rated their state empathy for each character. Women reported more empathy than men and gay/lesbian targets elicited less empathy than straight targets. In addition, state empathy positively correlated with trait empathy and both negatively correlated with trait sexual prejudice. Results demonstrate that the negative association between empathy and sexual prejudice persists at the state level. We discuss our findings through the lens of social identity theory and gender roles.
一些研究表明，特质性的性偏见与通过人际反应指数衡量的特质同理心呈负相关。这种关联在状态层面是否持续存在以及是否受到性别的调节尚不清楚。参与者阅读了描述处于情感场景中的男同性恋/女同性恋或异性恋男性和女性角色的短文，并对他们对每个角色的状态同理心进行评分。女性报告的同理心比男性更多，并且男同性恋/女同性恋目标引发的同理心比异性恋目标更少。此外，状态同理心与特质同理心呈正相关，且二者均与特质性性偏见呈负相关。结果表明，同理心与性偏见之间的负相关在状态层面持续存在。我们通过社会认同理论和性别角色的视角来讨论我们的研究结果。
