There is very extensive literature on whether and how religiosity and empathy are related. Such research shows very different results, with some finding a positive influence while others seeing no influence. This paper presents research conducted on German youth (N=2157) regarding the question of how young people score on empathic concern and which concepts function as predictors. Therefore, different concepts on religious commitment are included, and in order to properly assess the meaning of religiosity in the social context of young people, socio-cultural concepts and socio-demographic characteristics are similarly included. The findings show that around two thirds of the respondents score positive or very positive on empathic concern, and that empathic concern correlates with both religious and socio-cultural concepts. Our regression analysis shows that among religious concepts the centrality of religiosity has the strongest influence (β=.220) and among the socio-religious concepts the students’ support for multiculturalism is the strongest factor (β=.195). Admittedly, the beta of sex is even higher, as being female shows the strongest influence on empathic concern (β=.265).

关于宗教信仰和同理心是否以及如何相关的文献非常丰富。此类研究显示出截然不同的结果，其中一些发现有积极影响，而另一些则没有影响。本文介绍了对德国青年（N = 2157）进行的研究，该问题涉及年轻人如何在共情关注上得分以及哪些概念可作为预测指标。因此，包括了关于宗教承诺的不同概念，并且为了适当地评估年轻人的社会环境中宗教信仰的含义，类似地包括了社会文化概念和社会人口统计学特征。调查结果显示，大约三分之二的受访者在移情上获得积极或非常积极的评价，而移情与宗教和社会文化观念相关。我们的回归分析表明，在宗教概念中，宗教信仰的中心性影响最大（β= .220），在社会宗教概念中，学生对多元文化主义的支持是最强的因素（β= .195）。诚然，性别的贝塔系数甚至更高，因为女性对移情的影响最大（β= .265）。