Searching for the Prosocial Personality: A Big Five Approach to Linking Personality and Prosocial Behavior
Searching for the Prosocial Personality: A Big Five Approach to Linking Personality and Prosocial Behavior
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DOI：
10.1177/0146167216652859
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发表时间：
2016-09-01
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4
通讯作者：
Hoover, Ann E.
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作者：
Habashi, Meara M.;Graziano, William G.;Hoover, Ann E.
对亲社会人格的研究由来已久，且存在争议。当前的研究探索了亲社会决策背后的一般模式，将个性、情感和公开的亲社会行为联系起来。使用多方法的方法，我们探讨了人格的大五个维度和亲社会反应之间的联系。在三项研究中，我们发现宜人性是与需要帮助的受害者的情绪反应以及随后帮助这些人的决定最密切相关的人格维度。结果表明，亲社会的过程，包括情绪，认知和行为，可能是一个更一般的动机过程与人格的一部分。
The search for the prosocial personality has been long and controversial. The current research explores the general patterns underlying prosocial decisions, linking personality, emotion, and overt prosocial behavior. Using a multimethod approach, we explored the links between the Big Five dimensions of personality and prosocial responding. Across three studies, we found that agreeableness was the dimension of personality most closely associated with emotional reactions to victims in need of help, and subsequent decisions to help those individuals. Results suggest that prosocial processes, including emotions, cognitions, and behaviors, may be part of a more general motivational process linked to personality.