Restraint or Compensation? The Influence of Embarrassment on Cooperative Tendency and Behavior of Junior High School Students

Abstract

Abstract: To explore the relationship between junior high school students’ embarrassment and cooperation, two studies were designed. Study 1 used a questionnaire method to explore the relationship between embarrassment and general cooperative tendency. Study 2 used an experimental method to analyze the relationship between embarrassment arousal and cooperative behavior in specific public goods dilemma. Results showed that: 1) Embarrassment could positively predict junior high school students’ general cooperative tendency and the level of state self-esteem played a partial mediating role in it. 2) The arousal of embarrassment could positively predict junior high school students’ cooperative behavior in the public goods dilemma and the level of state self-esteem changes for embarrassment and early cooperative behavior played a mediating role here. The above results showed that the embarrassment has a social compensation effect for junior high school students, and it can increase an individual’s cooperative tendency and behavior by adjusting the state self-esteem or the level of self-esteem.

Key words: embarrassment, state self-esteem, cooperative tendency, cooperative behavior

摘要： 为探讨初中生尴尬情绪与合作的关系，设计了两个研究，研究1采用问卷法探讨尴尬情绪与合作倾向的关系，研究2采用实验法分析在具体的公共物品困境中尴尬情绪的唤起与合作行为的关系。结果发现：（1）尴尬情绪可以正向预测初中生的合作倾向，且状态自尊水平在其中起部分中介作用；（2）尴尬情绪的唤起能够正向预测初中生在公共物品困境中的合作行为，状态自尊变化的差值在尴尬情绪与前期合作行为之间起部分中介作用。结果表明，初中生的尴尬情绪具有社会补偿作用，可通过调节状态自尊或自尊的变化来增加个体的合作倾向和行为。

关键词: 尴尬情绪, 状态自尊, 合作倾向, 合作行为

CLC Number:

B849

WANG Xinzhu, ZOU Hehui, HAO Na, HUANG Yao, WU Qin, CUI Liying. Restraint or Compensation? The Influence of Embarrassment on Cooperative Tendency and Behavior of Junior High School Students[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2021, 19(4): 549-555.

王欣竹, 邹何辉, 郝娜, 黄瑶, 吴琴, 崔丽莹. 抑制还是补偿？尴尬情绪对初中生合作倾向和行为的影响[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2021, 19(4): 549-555.

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