A MULTIPLICATIVE MODEL OF THE DISPOSITIONAL ANTECEDENTS OF A PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR - PREDICTING MORE OF THE PEOPLE MORE OF THE TIME
A MULTIPLICATIVE MODEL OF THE DISPOSITIONAL ANTECEDENTS OF A PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR - PREDICTING MORE OF THE PEOPLE MORE OF THE TIME
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.66.1.178
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发表时间：
1994-01-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
EISENBERG, N
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文献类型：
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作者：
KNIGHT, GP;JOHNSON, LG;EISENBERG, N
研究人员已经证明，亲社会行为的个体差异可能是性格或个人变量的函数。然而，观察到的经验关系相对温和，可能是因为研究人员最常检验的是简单的相加或单一预测模型。本研究考察了倾向变量与亲社会行为之间关系的乘法模型。86名6至9岁的儿童完成了一项货币捐赠任务，并测量了总体倾向，即理解和推理他人的情感状态，同情他人，理解金钱的单位和价值。正如预期的那样，情感推理、同情心和金钱知识得分高的孩子比这些倾向变量得分低的孩子捐赠的要多得多。
Researchers have demonstrated that individual differences in prosocial behavior may be a function of dispositional or person variables. However, the observed empirical relations have been relatively modest, perhaps because researchers have most often examined simple additive or single predictor models. The present investigation examined a multiplicative model of the relation of dispositional variables to a prosocial behavior. Eighty-six children between 6 and 9 years old completed a monetary donation task and measures of the general tendency to understand and reason about the affective state of others, to be sympathetic, and to understand the units and value of money. As expected, children who scored high in affective reasoning, sympathy, and money knowledge donated considerably more than children who scored low in any of these dispositional variables.