研究探討了死亡凸顯和權力感及其交互作用對助人行為的影響。研究1操縱被試死亡意識,發現死亡凸顯促進助人行為;研究2通過回憶法啟動被試高(低)權力感,發現權力感與助人行為沒有顯著關系;研究3采用語義法啟動權力感,綜合探討了死亡凸顯、權力感對助人行為的影響,結果發現,死亡凸顯與權力感交互影響個體的助人行為。總結來看,研究發現了死亡凸顯與助人行為的正向關系,而這種關系在不同權力感水平下存在著差異。

To examine the influence of mortality salience and power on helping behaviors,the present conducted three experiments. In Exp. 1, we demonstrated whether people were more likely to help others when reminded of mortality. In Exp. 2,we required participants to recall a working situation in their life to arouse their perceived power, intending to find whether there is a negative relationship between power and helping behavior. In Exp. 3,we used Chinese idioms to finish power manipulation,exploring whether there was an interaction between power and mortality salience.Results showed that,there was a positive relationship between mortality salience and helping behaviors.However,power did not have any significant relationship with helping behaviors.Moreover,there was an interaction between power and mortality salience toward helping behaviors.When having high-perceived power,people who were reminded of mortality showed an insignificant difference on helping compared with the controlled group;When having low-perceived power,groups of mortality salience were more likely to provide more time to help others in need.