APS
2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024
Situational Empathy As a Mediator for Support of Underdog Musicians
- Courtney Sheckler
Muhlenberg College - Kenneth Michniewicz
Muhlenberg College - Laura Edelman
Muhlenberg College
Abstract
We explore how supportive perceptions of underdog musicians are mediated by subscales of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI; personal distress, perspective-taking, emotional contagion, and fantasy). Results suggest that fantasy-seeking and perspective-taking, not personal distress or emotional contagion, at least partially account for the finding that underdogs receive greater supportive perceptions.
Music and Arts