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2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Investigations of mechanisms which personal distress and empathic concern facilitate helping behavior.

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 17H07040
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Social psychology
Research InstitutionKochi University of Technology

Principal Investigator

HIMICHI Toshiyuki  高知工科大学, フューチャー・デザイン研究所, 助教(PD) (80800995)

Research Collaborator OHTSUBO Yohsuke  
Project Period (FY) 2017-08-25 – 2019-03-31
Keywords共感 / 個人的苦痛 / 共感的関心 / 心拍活動 / 心拍減速
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study investigated whether heart rate activity relates to personal distress elicited by other’s negative emotions and empathic concern for distressed other. As a result, we found an inverted U-shaped relationship between heart rate deceleration, which reflects activity of parasympathetic nerve system, and two empathy-related reactions: personal distress and empathic concern.

Free Research Field

社会心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

心拍活動の減速が共感と関連することが従来から指摘されていたが,線形の関係ではなく逆U字型の関係を示す可能性を見出した研究は少ない。今後の研究では,心拍活動が「どのように」共感に関連するかといったメカニズム面での理解が重要となるだろう。その検討により心拍活動と共感の関係性が十分に理解されれば,バイオフィードバックによる共感性への介入など研究知見の応用的な活用が期待できる。

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Published: 2020-03-30  

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