Considering Racial Attitudes and Empathic Concern as Predictors of Prosocial Behaviors Among Emerging Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-287
Author(s):  
Alexandra N. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Racial Attitudes ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors

Effect of Religiosity and Moral Identity Internalization on Prosocial Behaviour

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-198
Author(s):  
Sukhamjit Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Prosocial Behaviour ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
High Level ◽  
Age Range

The main aim of the present research was to study the religiosity and moral identity internalization as effective variables of prosocial behaviour. Sample consisted of 400 emerging adults (females) in the age range of 18–24. All participants completed questionnaire measures, namely religiosity scale (Bhushan, 1970), moral identity inventory (Aquino & Reed, 2002, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1423–1440) and prosocial personality battery (Penner, Fritzsche, Craiger & Friefeld, 1995, Advances in Personality Assessment (vol. 10, pp. 147–184). Hillsdale, NJ: Lea). The data were subjected to 2 × 2 analysis of variance. The results of ANOVA clearly revealed that highly religious people are more responsible socially, exhibit higher empathic concern, are more able to take others perspective, have higher prosocial moral reasoning capabilities, are more helpful, altruistic and demonstrate a high level of other oriented empathy. High moral identity internalization leads to socially responsible behaviour, along with higher empathic concern and perspective-taking abilities. Individuals with high level of moral identity were found capable to use prosocial moral reasoning, and they also exhibited higher levels of other oriented empathy. Religiosity and moral identity internalization interacted with each other to produce a combined effect on mutual concern moral reasoning.

scholarly journals The Impact of Writing About Gratitude on the Intention to Engage in Prosocial Behaviors During the COVID-19 Outbreak

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Oliveira ◽  
Aíssa Baldé ◽  
Marta Madeira ◽  
Teresa Ribeiro ◽  
Patrícia Arriaga
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Gratitude Intervention ◽  
Prosocial Intentions ◽  
The Impact

The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has quickly swept the globe leaving a devastating trail of lost human lives and leading to a public health and economic crisis. With this in mind, prosociality has been heralded as a potential important factor to overcome the negative effects of the pandemic. As such, in this study, we examined the effectiveness of a brief reflexive writing exercise about recent experiences of gratitude on individuals’ intentions to engage in prosocial behaviors using a sample of 253 participants living in Portugal and 280 participants living in Brazil. Participants were randomly assigned to either a condition in which they were asked to write about recent experiences of gratitude or a control group in which they were asked to write about daily tasks. We predicted that the gratitude intervention would increase state gratitude and, consequently, increase positive affect and empathic concern, and decrease negative affect, leading to increased intentions to engage in prosocial behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. A moderated serial–parallel mediation analysis, in which we controlled for gender, age, and level of religiosity, indicated that our manipulation led to increases in state gratitude, which in turn increased positive emotions and empathic concern, leading to increased prosocial intentions in both countries. A content analysis of participants’ responses in the gratitude group revealed that relationships with others and health and well-being were the central themes of their gratitude experiences during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

The Roles of Perspective Taking, Empathic Concern, and Prosocial Moral Reasoning in the Self-Reported Prosocial Behaviors of Filipino and Turkish Young Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (10) ◽  
pp. 814-830
Author(s):  
Zehra Gülseven ◽  
Asiye Kumru ◽  
Gustavo Carlo ◽  
Maria Rosario de Guzman
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
Prosocial Development ◽  
And Gender

Traditional social cognitive model of prosocial development suggests important links between both sociocognitive and socioemotive traits and prosocial behaviors. The present study examined the relations among perspective taking, empathic concern, prosocial moral reasoning, and public, emotional, compliant, and anonymous prosocial behaviors in Filipino and Turkish young adults to test the generalizability of this traditional model. Participants were 257 college students recruited from state universities in Ankara, Turkey (57 women, 83 men; Mage = 19.26 years, SD = 0.63) and Manila, the Philippines (75 women, 42 men; Mage = 18.41 years, SD = 1.44). Results showed that the relations among perspective taking, empathic concern, prosocial moral reasoning, and four types of self-reported prosocial behaviors were robust across two countries and gender. Perspective taking was positively related to empathic concern, which, in turn, was positively related to emotional and compliant prosocial behaviors. Perspective taking was also positively related to prosocial moral reasoning, which, in turn, was positively related to anonymous and negatively related to public prosocial behaviors. Overall, the findings provide support for the generalizability of traditional model of prosocial development and extend our understanding of prosocial behaviors to two non-Western, collectivist-oriented societies.

Relationships between Helicopter Parenting, Psychological Needs Satisfaction, and Prosocial Behaviors in Emerging Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 966-977
Author(s):  
Holly H. Schiffrin ◽  
Miranda L. Batte-Futrell ◽  
Nichole M. Boigegrain ◽  
Christine N. Cao ◽  
Erin R. Whitesell
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
Helicopter Parenting ◽  
Needs Satisfaction

scholarly journals Emerging Infectious Outbreak Inhibits Pain Empathy Mediated Prosocial Willingness

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siqi Cao ◽  
Yanyan Qi ◽  
Qi Huang ◽  
Yuanchen Wang ◽  
Xinchen Han ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Distance Effect ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
Ripple Effect ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Food Shortages ◽  
Chi Square Test

Abstract Background The pandemic of COVID-19 sets off public psychological crises and impacts social functioning. Pre-pandemic research has shown that as the mental resource wears out under long-term distress, empathy exhaustion will happen. While prosocial activities are positively linked to empathy, quantitative research on the pandemic's effect on empathy and prosocial willingness has been insufficiently examined. Prosocial behaviors are carried out during a life-threatening time to promote communication and encourage community members to survive emergencies such as food shortages and natural disasters. Methods This study examined the shifts in emotion, empathy and prosocial behaviors between the pre-pandemic and pandemic era in China. Before (N = 520, 11/21/2019-11/23/2019) and after (N = 570, 2/23/2020-2/24/2020) the COVID-19 pandemic, we explored an empathy-driven prosociality relationship through an online task and questionnaires with a total of 1,190 participants. Chi-square test, independent samples t-tests, linear regression analysis and correlation analysis were used for the data characteristics comparisons between the pre-outbreak and outbreak peak era datasets. Mediation and moderation models were also computed. Results The present study found a population-based decline in empathy that ultimately affected prosocial willingness. Moreover, a distance effect in such a situation, consistent with the ripple effect, affected the way in which short-term anxiety during the outbreak influences empathic concern. Conclusions The empathic concern could have positively predicted prosocial willingness through the perception of the others’ pain, while this relationship became less salient over the pandemic era. Measures are required to mitigate the adverse effects of empathy fatigue after the outbreak of COVID-19.

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