观看现场戏剧可以提高同理心，改变态度，并引发亲社会行为

Attending live theatre improves empathy, changes attitudes, and leads to pro-social behavior

—原载美国《实验社会心理学杂志》2021年7月第95卷—

<Journal of Experimental Social Psychology>, 95，July 2021

【摘要】通过让观众沉浸在他人的故事中，观看现场戏剧能否提高同理心？ 我们在三个实地研究 (n=1622) 中测试了这个问题，包括预先注册的复制。 我们随机分配观众成员在观看戏剧之前或之后完成调查，并衡量戏剧对同理心、态度和亲社会行为的影响。 与之前相比，看完剧后，人们对剧中所描绘的群体表现出更大的同情心，对剧中突出的社会政治问题持有更一致的观点，并向与剧相关的慈善机构捐款更多。 观看戏剧还促使参与者向与演出无关的慈善机构捐款更多，这表明戏剧对亲社会的影响可以推广到不同的环境。 总之，这些发现表明戏剧不仅仅是娱乐； 它可以显着提高同理心和亲社会行为。

【关键词】戏剧，艺术，同情，态度，亲社会

[Abstract] Can attending live theatre improve empathy by immersing audience members in the stories of others? We tested this question across three field studies (n =1622), including a pre-registered replication. We randomly assigned audience members to complete surveys either before or after seeing plays, and measured the effects of the plays on empathy, attitudes, and pro-social behavior. After, as compared to before, seeing the plays, people reported greater empathy for groups depicted in the shows, held opinions that were more consistent with socio-political issues highlighted in the shows, and donated more money to charities related to the shows. Seeing theatre also led participants to donate more to charities unrelated to the shows, suggesting that theatre's effects on pro-sociality generalize to different contexts. Altogether, these findings suggest that theatre is more than mere entertainment; it can lead to tangible increases in empathy and pro-social behavior.

[Key words] Theatre; Art; Empathy; Attitudes; Pro-social

这篇中文解析是针对论文《观看现场戏剧可以提高同理心，改变态度，并引发亲社会行为》（Attending live theatre improves empathy, changes attitudes, and leads to pro-socialbehavior）的解析。该论文于2021年7月发表于美国《实验社会心理学杂志》（Journal of Experimental Social Psychology）第95卷，由英国剑桥大学Steve Rathje, 美国南加州大学Leor Hackel和美国斯丹福大学Jamil Zaki三位作者合作完成。

（中文解析见《华人心理健康报》2021年10月25日）

论文原文：Rathje, S., Hackel, L., & Zaki, J. (2021). Attending live theatre improves empathy, changes attitudes, and leads to pro-social behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 95.

doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104138