title: Responding to moral dilemmas: the roles of empathy and collectivist values among the Chinese.
abstract: The present study assessed how empathy and vertical collectivism are related to moral competency in a sample of Hong Kong Chinese university students (N = 153; 70 men, 83 women). The Emotional Tendency Scale, Individualism-Collectivism Scale, and Moral Judgment Test were used to quantify empathy, vertical collectivism, and moral competency, respectively. Results showed that empathy was not statistically significantly correlated with moral judgment. The interaction of vertical collectivism and empathy predicted a theoretically important portion of the variance in moral competency. The role of culture in moral development was discussed.
authors: Department of Rehabilitation and Social Sciences, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong, SAR, China. stephenmann@twc.edu.hk
authors: Stephen K F
authors: SK
authors: Mann
authors: HKU Family Institute, The University of Hong Kong, The Academy of Family Therapy, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors: Viviana
authors: V
authors: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D004645:Empathy / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007600:Judgment / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009014:Morals; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult