Narcisismo, prosociabilidad y agresión: el papel mediador de la empatía
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El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo investigar el papel mediador de la empatía, teniendo en cuenta el narcisismo como variable predictora en dos modelos diferentes, con la prosociabilidad como variable dependiente en el primero y las dimensiones de agresión en el segundo. Para ello, se contó una muestra de 205 encuestados de la ciudad de João Pessoa (M = 27.43; SD = 9.13). Se utilizó la Escala de Narcisismo de Ítem Único, la Escala de Reactividad Interpersonal Multidimensional, la Escala de Prosociabilidad, el Cuestionario de Agresión y un cuestionario sociodemográfico. Los datos fueron procesados con la ayuda de IBM SPSS y AMOS, a través de análisis descriptivos e inferenciales (correlaciones y mediación). Los resultados apuntaron a efectos negativos directos del narcisismo sobre la empatía y el comportamiento prosocial, y a efectos directos positivos sobre la agresión. Además, se verificó el papel mediador de la empatía en la relación entre narcisismo y prosociabilidad, lo que no se encontró en la relación entre narcisismo y agresión. Estos hallazgos corroboran estudios previos, además de contribuir a la comprensión de las interrelaciones de los constructos estudiados.
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