The role of empathy in prefering rational and emotional choices (comparison of Chinese and Russian samples)
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-7235-2023-1-43-58
Abstract
Aim. To determine the role of empathy and tolerance for uncertainty in the preference for emotional reasons for decision making and choosing pro-social behavior on the material of verbal tasks in a cross-cultural comparison of Chinese and Russian participants.
Methodology. Participants of the study: Chinese sample (N=44), Russian sample (N=50). Methods: 1) verbal tasks for personal choice, 2) questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy (QCAE) in Russian adaptation, 3) Badner uncertainty tolerance scale.
Results. Different predictors of the choice of alternatives by the participants in the Chinese and Russian samples are associated with an orientation towards interpersonal relationships. The choice of pro-social behavior depends on the level of affective empathy, the cognitive empathy subscale being a predictor of egocentric behavior choice.
Research implications. The results of the study contribute to the development of ideas about the empathic component of personal choice regulation.
About the Authors
A. I. Belousova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alina I. Belousova – Postgraduate student, Department of General Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Medical Psychologist of the Center for Psychological and Psychotherapeutic Assistance, Psychiatric Clinical Hospital № 4
Mokhovaya, 11, str. 9, Moscow, 125009
Q. Zhou
Lomonosov Moscow State University
China
China
Qiuqi Zhou – Postgraduate student, Department of General Psychology, Faculty of Psychology
Mokhovaya, 11, str. 9, Moscow, 125009
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