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Mindfulness Promotes Online Prosocial Behavior via Cognitive Empathy

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  • Yiqing Lv

    (Department of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China)

  • Xiuqing Qiao

    (Department of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China)

  • Jie Leng

    (Department of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China)

  • Yuanhua Zheng

    (Department of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China)

  • Qingke Guo

    (Department of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
    Department of Psychology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China)

Abstract

Mindfulness plays an important role in promoting prosocial behavior and well-being. With the spread of Internet usage, people’s online prosocial behavior (OPB) has garnered great attention. Based on the link between online and offline behaviors, we predict that mindfulness can also facilitate OPB. We examined the association of mindfulness and OPB and the mediating effect of empathy. A total of 674 Chinese undergraduate students completed self-report measures of these constructs. The results showed that different dimensions of mindfulness predicted empathy, which in turn predicted OPB. Perspective taking was the main mediator in the mindfulness-OPB link. Mindfulness improves receptiveness to others’ needs and feelings, thereby enhancing the willingness to help them, even in none-face-to-face situations.

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  • Yiqing Lv & Xiuqing Qiao & Jie Leng & Yuanhua Zheng & Qingke Guo, 2021. "Mindfulness Promotes Online Prosocial Behavior via Cognitive Empathy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-9, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:13:p:7017-:d:585795
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    1. Nakagawa, Koichi & Kosaka, Genjiro, 2022. "What social issues do people invest in? An examination based on the empathy–altruism hypothesis of prosocial crowdfunding platforms," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    2. Janelle S. Peifer & Gita Taasoobshirazi, 2022. "College Students’ Reduced Cognitive Empathy and Increased Anxiety and Depression before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(18), pages 1-7, September.

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