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Empathy Trends in American Youth Between 1979 and 2018: An Update

Published:2023-12-28 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1948-5506
Container-title:Social Psychological and Personality Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Social Psychological and Personality Science

Author:

Konrath Sara¹^ORCID,Martingano Alison Jane²,Davis Mark³,Breithaupt Fritz⁴

Affiliation:

1. Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA

2. University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, WI, USA

3. Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, USA

4. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

Abstract

Previous research has found declining dispositional empathy among American youth from 1979 to 2009. We update these trends until 2018, using three datasets. Study 1 presents a cross-temporal meta-analysis of undergraduates’ empathy (Interpersonal Reactivity Index), finding significant cubic trends over time: perspective taking (PT) and empathic concern (EC) both increased since 2009. Study 2 conceptually replicated these findings using nationally representative datasets, also showing increasing PT (Study 2a: American Freshman Survey) and EC (Study 2b: Monitoring the Future Survey) since 2009. We include economic, interpersonal, and worldview covariates to test for potential explanations, finding evidence that empathy trends may be related to recent changes in interpersonal dynamics.

Funder

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study

AmeriCorps

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Clinical Psychology,Social Psychology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/19485506231218360

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