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2025 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2025

Higher Empathy Correlated to Lower Support on Low-Income Housing Plans — Citizens Trust in Institutions Plays a Role

Virtual · October 2025

Poster · Social Psychology

  • Bingyue Tan
    University of California, Berkeley

Abstract

Individuals with greater empathy show lower trust in institutions, which reduces support for city housing projects. Regression and mediation analyses confirmed this pathway (β = -.13***; indirect effect = -.76***, 53% mediated).

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