공감능력과 심리적 안녕감의 관계에서 친사회적 행동의 매개효과

초록

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among empathic ability, prosocial behavior, and psychological well-being. Also, in this study, it was examined whether prosocial behavior mediated the relationship between empathic ability and psychological well-being. 183 university students were sampled for this study. For data analysis, reliability analysis, correlation among variables, analysis of path model were conducted. The results of this study were as follows. First, in terms of the relationship among empathic ability, prosocial behavior, and psychological well-being, perspective taking and empathic concern were positively correlated with prosocial behavior and psychological well-being. Fantasy as a subscale of empathic ability was positively correlated with only prosocial behavior. However personal distress was negatively correlated with both prosocial behavior and psychological well-being. Second, in terms of the relation between empathic ability and prosocial behavior, perspective taking and empathic concern significantly predicted psychological well-being. Third, it was found that prosocial behavior completely mediated the effects of perspective taking and empathic concern, two subscales of empathic ability on psychological well-being. Therefore, empathic ability can positively contribute to psychological well-being by increasing prosocial behavior. The implications and limitations of this study were discussed.

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