ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
Meritocracy beliefs and empathic concern among Chinese college students: a moderated serial mediation model of zero-sum thinking and Protestant work ethic.
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As meritocratic values have become increasingly emphasized in educational contexts, it is important to understand how students' endorsement of meritocracy belief is associated with empathic concern. Based on Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory, this cross-sectional study constructed a moderated serial mediation model to examine the associations between meritocracy belief and empathic concern among Chinese college students, as well as the mediating roles of zero-sum thinking and Protestant work ethic and the moderating role of intellectual humility. Data from 1,986 Chinese college students recruited through Credamo were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results indicated that the direct association between meritocracy belief and empathic concern was relatively weak (
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