Abstract- To explore the influencing factors of the relation between perspective taking and helping behavior,46 chinese university students participated in this study. Following results were shown: both in the ingroup and outgroup, empathic response served to mediate the association between perspective taking and helping behavior; and the group status served to moderate this association, in that the relationship between perspective taking and helping behavior was partially mediated through empathic response in the outgroup. Keywords: University student, helping behavior, perspective taking, empathic response, group status.