Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study

31 October, The 10th Brown Bag Seminar: Shaofeng Zheng (Assistant Professor, HIAS) , “Empathic Concern Promotes Social Support-Seeking: A Cross-Cultural Study” (onsite)

The 10th HIAS Brown Bag Seminar

The HIAS Brown Bag Seminar is a new seminar series hosted by Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS).
The seminar series aims to promote interaction between HIAS researchers, faculty members, and students university-wide.
HIAS, with its 11 research centers, will continue to strive to function as a hub to facilitate active research collaboration throughout the University.

*Registration is due 1 PM, 30 October Anyone is welcome to attend!

<If space allows, walk-in participants will be accepted on the day of the event.>

*Bring your own lunch.
<Coffee and snacks will be served.>

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▪️Date: Thursday 31, October, 2024 12:40-13:40 (Presentation + Chat over lunch)

▪️Title: “Empathic Concern Promotes Social Support-Seeking: A Cross-Cultural Study”

▪️Speaker: Zheng Shaofeng  (Assistant Professor, HIAS)

▪️Abstract: Empathic concern – feeling sympathy and compassion for someone else in need – has been well known as a critical motivator in prosocial behavior (e.g., support provision).Recent studies suggest that, in addition to support
provision, individuals with high trait-empathic concern are also more likely to seek social support when coping
with stress. However, the mechanisms through which empathic concern promotes support-seeking remains
unclear. Through three cross-cultural studies in Japan and the U.S., our research complements this work by
suggesting that individuals high in trait-empathic concern are more willing to ask for support because they
are more optimistic about others’ prosocial willingness. Additionally, Japanese individuals are more likely than
European Americans to legitimate suffering by attributing it to norm violations and feel less sympathy toward those
who suffer. Consequently, low trait-empathic concern may reduce Japanese individuals’ expectation of others’
prosocial willingness and dampen their willingness to ask for support.

 

▪️Venue: Room 205, Annex.(*) Kunitachi Campus, Hitotsubashi University
(*) No. 5 in this campus map

▪️Language: English

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