TY - JOUR
T1 - Motivational antecedents of empathy
T2 - Inhibiting effects of fatigue
AU - Nelson, Donna Webster
AU - Klein, Cynthia T.F.
AU - Irvin, Jennifer E.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Two experiments investigated the joint effect of need for cognitive closure (induced by mental fatigue) and similarity of perspective on empathic responding. Results indicated that when participants felt similar to a distressed target, no differences in empathy emerged across fatigue conditions. When they felt dissimilar, participants in the high (vs. low) mental fatigue condition were less likely to accept the target's response as appropriate and reported less empathic concern for the target. Furthermore, when motivated to learn more about the target because of an outcome dependency manipulation (introduced in Experiment 2) the reduced empathy observed under fatigue was corrected. The results imply that fatigue-induced need for cognitive closure acts as a motivational boundary condition of empathic responding.
AB - Two experiments investigated the joint effect of need for cognitive closure (induced by mental fatigue) and similarity of perspective on empathic responding. Results indicated that when participants felt similar to a distressed target, no differences in empathy emerged across fatigue conditions. When they felt dissimilar, participants in the high (vs. low) mental fatigue condition were less likely to accept the target's response as appropriate and reported less empathic concern for the target. Furthermore, when motivated to learn more about the target because of an outcome dependency manipulation (introduced in Experiment 2) the reduced empathy observed under fatigue was corrected. The results imply that fatigue-induced need for cognitive closure acts as a motivational boundary condition of empathic responding.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15324834BASP2501_3
DO - 10.1207/S15324834BASP2501_3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037289268
SN - 0197-3533
VL - 25
SP - 37
EP - 50
JO - Basic and Applied Social Psychology
JF - Basic and Applied Social Psychology
IS - 1
ER -