Wang Rui, Zhang Xuanyu, Zhu Lixin, Teng Huina, Zhang Dengdeng, Qiu Boyu
School of Health Management, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, China.
School of Mental Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Apr 3;15(4):463. doi: 10.3390/bs15040463.
This study examines the complex effects of empathic concern on mental health and behavioral manifestations and the potential indirect paths through excessive adaptation. A cross-sectional design with 1355 participants was employed. Empathic concern, excessive adaptation, prosocial behaviors, reactive aggression, depression, and positive mental health were assessed using established scales. Structural equation modeling and Bayesian linear regression were applied to analyze the paths. For direct paths, empathic concern positively predicted prosocial behaviors and positive mental health, whereas it was negatively related to depression and reactive aggression. For indirect paths, excessive adaptation was found to mediate the relationship between empathic concern and the outcome variables with the exception of positive mental health. By elucidating the mediating role of excessive adaptation, the results herein not only deepen our understanding of the dual effect of empathic concern on mental health and behavioral manifestations but also offer important insights for the medical and educational fields.
本研究考察了共情关注对心理健康和行为表现的复杂影响，以及过度适应所形成的潜在间接路径。采用了包含1355名参与者的横断面设计。使用既定量表对共情关注、过度适应、亲社会行为、反应性攻击、抑郁和积极心理健康进行评估。应用结构方程模型和贝叶斯线性回归分析路径。对于直接路径，共情关注正向预测亲社会行为和积极心理健康，而与抑郁和反应性攻击呈负相关。对于间接路径，发现过度适应介导了共情关注与除积极心理健康之外的结果变量之间的关系。通过阐明过度适应的中介作用，本文结果不仅加深了我们对共情关注对心理健康和行为表现双重影响的理解，也为医学和教育领域提供了重要见解。
