Empathic reactions to the emotional facial expressions of the elderly

对老年人情绪面部表情的共情反应

基本信息

批准号：
188263246
负责人：
Professor Dr. Jens B. Asendorpf
金额：
--
依托单位：
Institut für Psychologie
依托单位国家：
德国
项目类别：
Research Grants
财政年份：
2011
资助国家：
德国
起止时间：
2010-12-31 至 2014-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/188263246?language=en
关键词：
Empathic reactions emotional facial expressions

项目摘要

Empathy, the understanding of and adequate reaction to the emotions of others, is of central importance to human interaction. However, there is evidence that in intergenerational interactions between younger and older adults, both the ability of younger individuals to accurately understand and their tendency to react empathically to the emotions of the elderly is reduced. Yet, when people do not react empathically to the emotions of others, the resulting interactions are generally perceived to be less pleasant and rewarding. In such interactions misunderstandings are more likely and both interaction partners may be less interested to continue or repeat the interaction. This phenomenon has potentially broad implications as many interactions between the elderly and younger individuals are brief and can have important consequences. These include doctor-patient interactions, but also interactions with a variety of official agencies and in social work settings, as well as more everyday interactions such as customer relations. In all of these, there is potential for adverse consequences when the emotional content of an elderly person’s message is misunderstood or ignored. The present research aims to elucidate our understanding of this process by studying empathic reactions to the emotion expressions of the elderly as a function of sociality as well as individual differences. Secondary goals are to study the influence of affiliation motivation for empathy and the empathic reactions of the elderly themselves.

同理心，即对他人情绪的理解和充分反应，对于人类互动至关重要。然而，有证据表明，在年轻人和老年人之间的代际互动中，年轻人准确理解个人的能力及其倾向。然而，当人们对他人的情绪没有同理心时，所产生的互动通常会被认为不太愉快和有益，在这种互动中，更容易产生误解，而且互动双方都可能会产生误解。不太有兴趣继续或重复这种现象具有潜在的广泛影响，因为老年人和年轻人之间的许多互动都是短暂的，并且可能产生重要的后果，其中包括医患互动，以及与各种官方机构和社会工作环境中的互动。在所有这些中，当老年人信息的情感内容被误解或忽视时，可能会产生不良后果。本研究旨在通过研究对老年人的共情反应来阐明我们对这一过程的理解。老年人的情绪表达如次要目标是研究归属动机对共情的影响以及老年人本身的共情反应。