Based on the self to other model of empathy, this study investigates the influence of phubbing
on empathy accuracy through experiments, and explores the role of gender in this relationship. In the
experiment, phubbing was manipulated by phubbing video, and the empathy accuracy was measured
by the task named Reading the Mind in the Eyes. The results showed that the score of empathy accuracy
of the subjects without mobile phone group (M=30.80, SD=2.34) was significantly higher than that of
the group with partial use of mobile phone (M=23.51, SD=3.86) and that of full use of mobile phone
(M=15.21, SD=3.10), while the score of full use of mobile phone (M=15.21, SD=3.10) was significantly
lower than that of partial use of mobile phone (M=23.51, SD=3.86).The results of regulation analysis
showed that the main effect of phubbing degree was significant, F (2, 185) =514, p<0.001; the main effect
of sex was significant, F(1, 185)=71.87, p<0.001; and the interaction between them was not significant,
F (2, 185) = 1.66, p = 0.98. This results shows that the influence of phubbing on the accuracy of empathy is
not regulated by gender. Besides, in interpersonal situations, the more phubbing behavior, the greater the
impact on individuals’ accuracy empathy, and this effect has a cross-sexual consistency.