Liu Xiaofei, Xin Ziqiang
School of Psychology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China.
Department of Psychology, School of Educational Sciences, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Apr 29;15(5):597. doi: 10.3390/bs15050597.
China's marketization refers to the systemic reform process of transitioning from a planned economy to a market economy, which has significantly contributed to the country's economic development. However, the interest-oriented nature of marketization may also somewhat erode social morality. Given that empathy is the basis of morality and prosocial behavior, the present study produced a cross-temporal meta-analysis of 89 studies using the Chinese version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index as a measuring instrument and outlined the empathy changes among 48,400 Chinese college students from 2009 to 2019. Then, this study tested the conjecture that empathy is weakening in marketization process. The results reveal that Chinese college students' empathy level declined over time and was negatively correlated with the marketization level. This finding contributes to understanding the relationship between the marketization reform and moral psychology change.
中国的市场化是指从计划经济向市场经济转型的系统性改革过程，这一过程对中国的经济发展做出了重大贡献。然而，市场化的利益导向性质也可能在一定程度上侵蚀社会道德。鉴于同理心是道德和亲社会行为的基础，本研究使用中文版的人际反应指数作为测量工具，对89项研究进行了跨时间元分析，并概述了2009年至2019年间48400名中国大学生的同理心变化。然后，本研究检验了同理心在市场化过程中正在减弱的猜想。结果显示，中国大学生的同理心水平随时间下降，且与市场化水平呈负相关。这一发现有助于理解市场化改革与道德心理变化之间的关系。
