共情和素食倾向的关系:动物拟人化的中介和女性化特质的调节作用

The Relationships between Empathy and Vegetarianism:The Mediating Role of Animal Anthropomorphism and the Moderating Role of Femininity

目的:探讨动物拟人化和女性化特质在共情与素食倾向关系间所起到的作用。方法:采用共情量表、素食倾向量表、自然拟人化量表和简版性别角色量表进行调查,收集成人有效问卷1916份。结果:(1)在控制了性别和年龄后,共情能正向预测素食倾向;(2)动物拟人化在共情与素食倾向之间起部分中介作用;(3)女性化特质调节共情与动物拟人化及素食倾向的关系。结论:共情既可以直接影响个体的素食倾向,也可以通过动物拟人化间接影响;随着女性化特质的提高,共情对动物拟人化和素食倾向的正向预测作用显著增强。

Objective:To explore the effect of animal anthropomorphism and femininity on the relations between empathy and vegetarianism.Methods:A total of 1916 adults were assessed with the Measure of Empathy,the Vegetarianism Intentions Scale,Bem Sex-Role Inventory,and the Natural Anthropomorphism Questionnaire.Results:(1)Empathy positively predicted vegetarianism directly with the control of gender and age.(2)Anthropomorphism partly mediated the relationship between empathy and vegetarianism.(3)Femininity moderated the path from empathy to animal anthropomorphism as well as the direct path from empathy to vegetarianism.Conclusion:Empathy influences vegetarianism intentions not only directly,but also through the indirect path of animal anthropomorphism.The stronger the femininity,the more pronounced the positive predictive effect of empathy on animal anthropomorphism and vegetarianism.