ABSTRACT

We examined the links among religiousness, prosocial and violent media exposure preferences, empathic tendencies, and prosocial behaviors in early adulthood. Participants were U.S. college students (N = 324; M age = 19.5 years; 79.6% Women). While young adults’ religiousness was not associated with prosocial media exposure preferences, it was negatively related to violent movie and Internet exposure preferences. In turn, violent movie exposure preference was negatively related to prosocial behaviors through perspective taking and empathic concern. Prosocial movie exposure preference was positively linked to prosocial behaviors. Moreover, religiousness was related to young adults’ prosocial behavior via empathic concern. Discussion focuses on religiousness, media exposure preferences, and empathic tendencies in understanding young adults’ prosocial behaviors.

摘要

我们研究了宗教信仰、亲社会和暴力媒体曝光偏好、移情倾向和成年早期亲社会行为之间的联系。参与者为美国大学生（N = 324；M年龄 = 19.5 岁；79.6% 女性）。虽然年轻人的宗教信仰与亲社会媒体曝光偏好无关，但它与暴力电影和互联网曝光偏好呈负相关。反过来，暴力电影曝光偏好通过观点采择和移情关注与亲社会行为呈负相关。亲社会电影曝光偏好与亲社会行为呈正相关。此外，宗教信仰通过移情关注与年轻人的亲社会行为有关。讨论的重点是宗教信仰、媒体曝光偏好和理解年轻人亲社会行为的移情倾向。