Empathy and the Schwartz Value System: A Test of an Integrated Hypothesis

• Main Authors: BALLIET, Daniel Patrick, JOIREMAN, Jeff, DANIELS, Denise, GEORGE-FALVY, Jane
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: empathy; benevolence; values; emotions; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/607
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study examined the relationship between Schwartz's (1992) 10 universal values and individual differences in empathy (Davis, 1983). Trait empathy was predicted to have the strongest positive relationship with benevolence values and the strongest negative relationship with achievement values...