The goal of the current study was to examine the role of discrimination experiences in ethnic minority young adults’ prosocial behaviors via perspective taking and empathic concern over time. Participants at Time 1 consisted of 130 ethno-racial minority young adults (76% Latino/a; M age = 20.96; 73.6% women). The results demonstrated that discrimination at Time 1 negatively predicted empathic concern at Time 2, which negatively predicted altruistic prosocial behaviors at Time 2. Overall, these results highlight the risk of discrimination experiences for positive social adjustment and provide evidence that this form of pervasive stress reduces young adults’ socioemotional resources, inhibiting selfless helping behaviors.

本研究的目的是通过随时间推移的观点采取和移情关注来检验歧视经历在少数族裔年轻人亲社会行为中的作用。时间 1 的参与者由 130 名少数族裔年轻人组成（76% 拉丁裔/a；M年龄 = 20.96；73.6% 女性）。结果表明，时间 1 的歧视负面预测了时间 2 的移情关注，这负面预测了时间 2 的利他亲社会行为。总体而言，这些结果突出了积极社会调整的歧视经历风险，并提供证据表明这种形式的普遍压力减少了年轻人的社会情感资源，抑制无私的帮助行为。