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Vol.28 No.3

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Impact of Empathy Structure in Groups

Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology / Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, (P)1229-0653;
2014, v.28 no.3, pp.93-109
https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2014.28.3.006


& (2014). Impact of Empathy Structure in Groups. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 28(3), 93-109, https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2014.28.3.006

Abstract

The present research investigated how empathy structures in task groups affect group members' task-focus, perceived entitativity and cohesion. Empathy structures in task groups were defined at the dyadic level, and three forms of empathy structures were investigated: empathy-balanced, empathy-imbalanced, non-empathy-balanced. It was hypothesized that in the two balanced structures, groups would experience higher levels of task-focus than in the imbalanced structure. In addition, empathy-balanced groups were expected to perceive higher levels of group entitativity and experience higher cohesion than other groups. In Study 1, we used a scenario method and manipulated three types of empathy structure. Results showed that the perceived entitativity was high in the empathy-balance condition, empathy-imbalance condition, and non-empathy-balance condition, in order. We found the same pattern of result on cohesion. We conducted Study 2 using bona-fide groups consists of Korean college students and replicated the findings of Study 2. In addition, groups with a structure of non-empathy-balance reported higher levels of task-focus than did groups with other types of empathy structures. Limitations and implications of these findings and directions for future research are discussed.

keywords
공감, 집단 내 공감 구조, 집단과제 몰입, 집단 실체성 지각, 응집성, empathy, empathy structure in group, task-focus, group entitativity, cohesion

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