Introduction: How people attach value to the outcomes of self and other—social preferences—is central to social behavior. Recently, how dispositional and state emotion shape such social preferences has received researchers' attention.Method: The present investigation asked whether and to what extent dispositional and state compassion predict shifts in social preferences across 4 samples: two correlational samples (final ns 153 & 368, study 1a and 1b) and two experimental samples (final ns: 430 & 530, studies 2 and 3).Results: In keeping with recent accounts of compassion, dispositional compassion predicted general preference for equality, expressed as dispreference for both monetary advantage over another (interaction βs = −0.36, −0.33, −0.25, −0.22; all p < 0.001) and monetary disadvantage relative to others (βs: 0.26, 0.27, 0.28, 0.17; all p < 0.01; positive coefficients imply dispreference). This dispositional effect persisted when controlling for prosociality, positivity, agreeableness, and respectfulness. Furthermore, these dispositional compassion effects were relatively unchanged by experimental emotion inductions in studies 3 and 4. The experimental inductions of state compassion and state pride showed little evidence of systematic effects on social preferences relative to each other or a neutral condition.Discussion: Discussion focused on individual differences in emotion and social preferences.

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性情同情心以系统的方式改变社会偏好

简介：人们如何重视自我和他人的结果（社会偏好）是社会行为的核心。最近，性格和状态情绪如何塑造这种社会偏好受到了研究人员的关注。方法：本次调查询问性格和状态慈悲是否以及在多大程度上预测 4 个样本的社会偏好变化：两个相关样本（最终n s 153 和 368，研究 1a 和 1b）和两个实验样本（最终n s：430） & 530，研究 2 和 3）。结果：与最近对同情心的描述一致，性情同情心预测了对平等的普遍偏好，表现为对金钱优势的不偏好（交互作用β s = -0.36，-0.33，-0.25，-0.22；所有p  < 0.001）和相对于其他人的货币劣势（β s：0.26、0.27、0.28、0.17；所有p  < 0.01；正系数意味着不偏好）。当控制亲社会性、积极性、宜人性和尊重性时，这种倾向效应仍然存在。此外，研究 3 和 4 中的实验性情绪诱导对这些性格同情心的影响相对没有变化。国家同情心和国家自豪感的实验诱导几乎没有证据表明对相对于彼此或中性条件的社会偏好有系统影响。讨论：讨论集中在情感和社会偏好的个体差异上。