Facilitating and disinhibiting prosocial behaviors: The nonlinear interaction of trait perspective taking and trait personal distress on volunteering
Facilitating and disinhibiting prosocial behaviors: The nonlinear interaction of trait perspective taking and trait personal distress on volunteering
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DOI：
10.1207/s15324834basp2103_3
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发表时间：
1999-09-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Buhman, DC
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作者：
Carlo, G;Allen, JB;Buhman, DC
先前的理论家和研究人员认为，亲社会行为的乘法模型可以解释特质和亲社会行为之间的弱关系和不一致的关系。本研究探讨特质性个人苦恼、特质性同情、特质性观点采择对亲社会行为的影响。非线性，双向互动的假设，如特质的个人痛苦从中度下降到低水平，和特质的观点采择或特质同情增加，志愿服务将增加。182名本科生完成了一系列特质测量，包括特质观点采择、特质同情和特质个人苦恼。大约6周后，学生们有机会为慈善组织做志愿者。结果表明，特质观点采择和特质个人苦恼对志愿服务的影响呈非线性倍增效应。讨论集中在亲社会行为的非线性，倍增特质模型的影响。
Prior theorists and researchers have suggested that multiplicative models of prosocial behavior may account for weak and inconsistent relations between traits and prosocial behaviors. This study examined the multiplicative relations of trait personal distress, trait sympathy, and trait perspective taking on prosocial behaviors. Nonlinear, 2-way interactions were hypothesized, such that as trait personal distress decreased from moderate to low levels, and trait perspective taking or trait sympathy increased, volunteering would increase. One hundred and eighty-two undergraduate students completed a battery of trait measures that included trait perspective taking, trait sympathy, and trait personal distress. Approximately 6 weeks later, the students were given an opportunity to volunteer for a charity organization. Results indicated that there was a nonlinear multiplicative effect of trait perspective taking and trait personal distress on volunteering. Discussion focused on the implications of nonlinear, multiplicative trait models of prosocial behaviors.