The goal of the current study was to examine the role of racial attitudes, empathic concern, and prosocial behaviors among emerging adults. Research linking racial attitudes to emerging adults’ moral development and prosocial behaviors is limited, and therefore the current study aimed to assess the interrelations among racial attitudes and empathic concern and links to two forms of prosocial behaviors. The sample included 202 young adults (M age = 20.94 years; 76.5% women; 67.5% reported identifying as racially White) who reported on their racial attitudes, empathic concern, and prosocial behaviors at Time 1 and on their tendency to engage in two forms of prosocial behaviors at Time 2. Results demonstrated links between both racial attitudes and empathic concern predicting specific forms of prosocial behaviors over time. Additionally, racial attitudes and empathic concern interacted to predict changes in selfless helping behaviors. The current study has implications for practitioners such that promoting color-conscious racial attitudes and empathic concern simultaneously is important for shaping selfless helping behaviors.

当前研究的目的是检验新兴成年人中种族态度，同情心关注和亲社会行为的作用。将种族态度与新兴成年人的道德发展和亲社会行为联系起来的研究是有限的，因此，本研究旨在评估种族态度与同情心关注之间的相互关系，并与亲社会行为的两种形式相关联。样本包括202名青少年（中号年龄= 20.94岁；妇女占76.5％；67.5％的人认为自己是种族白人），他们报告了他们在时间1时的种族态度，同情心和亲社会行为，以及在时间2时倾向于从事两种形式的亲社会行为。结果表明，种族态度和同情心之间存在联系预测一段时间内亲社会行为的特定形式。此外，种族态度和同情心相互影响以预测无私帮助行为的变化。当前的研究对从业者具有影响，因此同时促进对颜色意识的种族态度和同情心关注对于塑造无私的帮助行为很重要。