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The impact of narrative writing on empathy, perspective-taking, and attitude: Two randomized controlled experiments on violations of Covid-19 protection regulations

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  • Martina Bientzle
  • Marie Eggeling
  • Marie Kanzleiter
  • Kerstin Thieme
  • Joachim Kimmerle

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Objective: Two randomized controlled experiments investigated if writing a narrative text about a fictional person who shows disapproved of behavior in the Covid-19 pandemic influenced empathy, perspective-taking, attitude, and attribution of causes regarding that person’s behavior. Methods: In both studies, a fictional scenario was described, and participants answered questions regarding empathy, perspective-taking, attitude, and attribution regarding a fictional person’s disapproved of behavior (pre-post-measurement). Participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions. In the experimental condition, they wrote a narrative text about the fictional person. In the control condition, they wrote about an unrelated topic. Results: We found that writing a narrative text increased empathy more strongly than writing about an unrelated topic; Study 1: p = 0.004, part.η2 = 0.06, Study 2: p

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  • Martina Bientzle & Marie Eggeling & Marie Kanzleiter & Kerstin Thieme & Joachim Kimmerle, 2021. "The impact of narrative writing on empathy, perspective-taking, and attitude: Two randomized controlled experiments on violations of Covid-19 protection regulations," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(7), pages 1-14, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0254501
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254501
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