Can Lonely People Behave Morally? The Joint Influence of Loneliness and Empathy on Moral Identity
研究了孤独如何调节共情对道德认同的影响，发现只有孤独的人在共情高时道德认同更强，并影响其道德行为，对理解孤独与道德关系有参考价值。
We examine how loneliness moderates the effect of empathy on moral identity: the extent to which being a moral person is important to an individual's identity. Results of four studies show that only lonely people have increased moral identity when they have high (vs. low) empathy; empathy does not reliably increase moral identity for nonlonely people. We demonstrate these effects with psychological measures of moral identity as well as with downstream moral behaviors in various consumer settings. Our findings are consistent with the motivation theory of loneliness and empathy: Lonely people are capable, but are not motivated to empathize.