Empathy-Motivated Helping : The Moderating Role of Group Membership  

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Snyder, Mark ; Sturmer, Stefan ; Siem, Birte ; Kropp, Alexandra

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 32 no. 07 (2006), page 943-956.
Topik: membership self; empathy; helping; altruism; group - level similarities; group - level perspective
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In this article, the authors present two laboratory experiments testing a group - level perspective on the role of empathy in helping. Experiment 1 tested the authors' predictions in an intercultural context of helping. Confirming their specific Empathy x Group Membership moderation hypothesis, empathy had a stronger effect on helping intentions when the helper and the target belonged to the same cultural group than when they belonged to different groups. Experiment 2 replicated these findings in a modified minimal group paradigm using laboratory - created groups. Moreover, this second experiment also provides evidence for the hypothesized psychological mechanisms underlying the empathy - (ingroup) helping relationship. Specifically, analyses in the ingroup condition confirmed that the strength of the empathy - (ingroup) helping relationship systematically varied as a function of perceived similarities among ingroup members. The general implications of these findings for empathy - motivated helping are discussed.

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