The Effects of Social Influence, Audience Inhibition, and Diffusion of Responsibility on Helping Behavior

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin A. Clark ◽  
Helen C. Harton
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
Helping Behavior ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Diffusion Of Responsibility

When Bystanders Increase Rather Than Decrease Intentions to Help

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Greitemeyer ◽  
Dirk Oliver Mügge
Keyword(s):  
Bystander Effect ◽  
Helping Behavior ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Diffusion Of Responsibility

The bystander effect refers to the phenomenon that the presence of others inhibits helping behavior. The present research examines the idea that the bystander effect reverses when effective helping would require many help-givers. In a between-participants experiment, the number of help-givers needed as well as the number of individuals who were asked for help was varied. When one help-giver was needed, the typical bystander effect occurred in that helping intention was greater when one individual was asked rather than many. In contrast, when many help-givers were needed, the bystander effect reversed in that helping intention was greater when many individuals were asked rather than one. Mediation analyses showed that perceived rationality and diffusion of responsibility accounted for the bystander effect, whereas only perceived rationality accounted for its reversal.

Others' participation rate influences an individual's charitable behavior: Others' similarity as a moderator

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 1607-1618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung Yun Lee ◽  
Sunho Jung ◽  
Sangdo Oh ◽  
Seong Hoon Park
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Charitable Behavior ◽  
High Participation ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
High Participation Rate ◽  
Diffusion Of Responsibility

We proposed that a moderator, others' similarity, would determine the impact of high participation rates of others on an individual's charitable behavior, and aimed to show that this moderator would work through the diffusion of responsibility motive. Participants (N = 152 undergraduate students) completed measures of charitable behavior and diffusion of responsibility, after being assigned to 1 of 2 conditions where a set percentage of other students (manipulated as either similar undergraduate students or dissimilar graduate students) were stated to have already donated to a charitable campaign (high contribution condition = 70% participation, low contribution condition = 30% participation). Our results showed that the high participation rate of others increased an individual's charitable behavior when the others in question were similar to that individual, but not when the others were dissimilar. In addition, the high rate of participation by others increased the diffusion of responsibility motive when the others in question were dissimilar to that individual, leading to a negative effect on that individual's charitable behavior.

scholarly journals Residential care and care to community-dwelling parents: out-selection, in-selection and diffusion of responsibility

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 1609-1631 ◽  
Author(s):  
THIJS VAN DEN BROEK ◽  
PEARL A. DYKSTRA
Keyword(s):  
Residential Care ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Selection Hypothesis ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Diffusion Of Responsibility ◽  
Parent Child

ABSTRACTResearch suggests that adult children are less likely to provide care to community-dwelling parents when beds in residential care settings are more widely available. The underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Drawing on data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) on 1,214 impaired parent–child dyads from 12 countries, we find that adult children are less likely to provide care in countries where beds in residential care settings are more widely available because (a) parents’ care needs are less severe in such countries (out-selection hypothesis) and (b) adult children and impaired parents are less likely to share a household in such countries (in-selection hypothesis). Finally (c), after taking these two factors into account, adult children remain less likely to provide care in countries where beds in residential care settings are more widely available (diffusion of responsibility hypothesis). Plausibly, being able to rely on residential care undermines adult children's sense of urgency to step in and provide care to their parents.

Helping

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-100
Author(s):  
Joe Ungemah
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Helping Behavior ◽  
Gig Economy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Diffusion Of Responsibility

This chapter investigates why people will help in some circumstances and fail to act in others. The brutal murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964 was witnessed by 37 witnesses, yet no one intervened, kick-starting research into understanding what elements of the social context causes paralysis in people to act. This is compared to a 2015 accident in London, which saw 50 bystanders lift a bus off a cyclist. The chapter unearths the rules of helping behavior and how to overcome the diffusion of responsibility. When the need for help is apparent, interpreted correctly, and responsibility to act is clear, the chances to overcome paralysis is high. Taking advantage of these rules is especially important for the gig economy, where the connections between people are more tenuous and diffused across organizations.

Perceptions of social influence impact coworker attraction and helping behavior

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Bruno ◽  
Kristin Sommer ◽  
Martin Bourgeois ◽  
Lily Lai-Ying Lo
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
Helping Behavior
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