ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Influence of Light Triad Personality Traits on Ethnocultural Empathy

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Personality/Emotion Psychology

  • Desheane Newman
    Palo Alto University
  • Malia Moreland
    Palo Alto University
  • Matthew Yalch
    Palo Alto University

Abstract

Ethnocultural empathy – empathy for people racially, ethnically, and culturally different – relates to the Light Triad Model of personality, comprised of Faith in Humanity, Kantianism, and Humanism. Humanism was the primary Light Triad trait associated with ethnocultural empathy.

Cultural Diversity