Agreeableness, empathy, and helping: A person X situation perspective

被引:466
作者
Graziano, William G.
Habashi, Meara M.
Sheese, Brad E.
Tobin, Renee A.
机构
[1] Purdue Univ, Dept Psychol Sci, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
[2] Illinois State Univ, Dept Psychol, Normal, IL 61761 USA
关键词
prosocial; motives; empathy; agreeableness; helping;
D O I
10.1037/0022-3514.93.4.583
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
This research program explored links among prosocial motives, empathy, and helping behavior. Preliminary work found significant relations among components of self-reported empathy and personality (N = 223). In Study 1, the authors examined the generality of prosocial behavior across situations and group memberships of victims (N = 622). In Study 2, empathic focus and the victim's outgroup status were experimentally manipulated (N = 87). Study 3 (N 245) replicated and extended Study 2 by collecting measures of prosocial emotions before helping. In Study 4 (N = 244), empathic focus and cost of helping as predictors of helping behavior were experimentally manipulated. Overall, prosocial motivation is linked to (a) Agreeableness as a dimension of personality, (b) proximal prosocial cognition and motives, and (c) helping behavior across a range of situations and victims. In persons low in prosocial motivation, when costs of helping are high, efforts to induce empathy situationally can undermine prosocial behavior.
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页码:583 / 599
页数:17
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