ArticleScientific reports2023
Mindfulness may be associated with less prosocial engagement among high intelligence individuals.
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- How Verbal Intelligence Predicts Emotional Stability: The Moderating Role of Empathy.Journal of Intelligence · 2026Article
- Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being in Athletes with Disabilities.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
This study examined the role of dispositional mindfulness in the association between intelligence and prosocial behavior. A total of 759 college students (mean age is 22.03; 477 females) participated in exchange for extra credit in psychology course. The results confirmed a positive relationship between intelligence and prosocial behavior as revealed by many studies, with empathy serving as a potential mediator. Mindfulness negatively moderated all the hypothesized pathways between research variables. Specifically, with the increase of the levels of dispositional mindfulness, (1) the intelligence-prosociality association changed from positive to negative, (2) the intelligence-empathy association changed from positively significant to insignificant, (3) the empathy-prosociality association changed from stronger to weaker. These findings may suggest some limitations of mindfulness. That is, present moment awareness and acceptance of the status quo may result in reduced arousal when witnessing others suffering, thereby preventing high intelligence individuals from helping the sufferers to get rid of trouble.
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