Empathy leads to increased online charitable behaviour when time is the currency

Farrelly, Daniel; Bennett, Michael A.

doi:10.1002/casp.2339

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“…Furthermore, we build on previous literature where researchers have attempted to explore mate choice motivation using a variety of experimental measures (see Farrelly & Bennett, 2018;Farrelly et al 2015). Here, we show that the findings of previous researchers who have explored mate choice and financial altruism can be partially replicated using alternate, non-financial measures.…”

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“…Most research conducted in this area has involved public displays of altruism involving financial resources (Iredale, van Vugt & Dunbar, 2008;van Vugt & Iredale, 2013), and/or altruistic behaviors in experimental economic games such as the ultimatum, dictator, and prisoner's dilemma games using financial sources (Bhogal, Galbraith & Manktelow, 2016b, 2017Farrelly et al, 2007;Saad & Gill, 2001). However, several authors argue that researchers should explore altruistic behavior using a variety of measurements and experimental frameworks, suggesting much of the literature exploring the evolution of altruism using economic games (particularly those which only utilize financial endowments) in conditions of low ecological validity can only explain financial altruism, not alternate forms of altruism which we see in everyday life (Farrelly & Bennett, 2018;Farrelly, Moan & White, 2015). As a result, this conceptual replication study explores whether men and women use altruistic behavior with potential romantic partners that is based on costs relevant to their lives that relate to time rather than finances available.…”

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The influence of mate choice motivation on non-financial altruism

2018

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Several studies have found that individuals are more altruistic towards potential mates than others, suggesting altruistic behavior may be a mating signal. Much of the literature focuses on financial altruism using economic games, however altruism can also comprise of non-financial acts, which this experiment examined in an attempt to replicate and refine previous findings. A study was conducted with 199 participants, who viewed both high attractive and low attractive opposite-sex images and were asked how likely they would be to altruistically share their research credits with the person in the image, whilst controlling for self-rated attractiveness. The findings suggest that both men and women were more altruistic towards pictures of high attractive than low attractive potential mating partners (Cohen's d = 0.37). This study therefore partially replicates previous research examining the role of mate choice effects when exploring non-financial altruism.

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“…fear and guilt) to motivate a particular behavior (Zhang et al, 2014). Charity projects generally contain certain emotional contents implied in the texts or pictures, which can arouse emotional appeals and consequent charitable actions (Verhaert and Poel, 2011;Farrelly and Bennett, 2018). Image or a photograph of a People's participation in online charities seriously ill patient wrapped in bandages with a tube protruding from his or her head.…”

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Understanding people's participation in online charities: a dual-process approach of trust and empathic concern

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PurposeThe rapid development of the Internet in China has profoundly affected the country's charities, which many people support through online donations (e.g. providing financial help) and charity information forwarding (a new behavior of participating in online charities via social media). However, the development of online charities has been accompanied by many problems, such as donation fraud and fake charity information, which adversely affect social kindness. The purpose of this paper is to understand people's online donation and forwarding behaviors and to explore the mechanisms of such behaviors from the perspectives of cognitive-based trust and emotional-based empathic concern.Design/methodology/approachThis study developed a research model based on the elaboration likelihood model (ELM) and stimulus–organism–response (SOR) model. The researchers obtained 287 valid samples via a scenario-based experimental survey and conducted partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to test the model.FindingsThe results indicated that (1) online donation intention is motivated by rational-based trust and emotional-based empathic concern; (2) online charity information forwarding is triggered only when trust is built, and there is no significant correlation between empathic concern and forwarding intention; and (3) content quality, initiator credibility, and platform reputation are three critical paths to promote trust; in addition, an individual's empathic concern can be motivated by the emotional appeal.Originality/valueThis study highlights the different mechanisms of donation and forwarding behaviors and provided theoretical measures for motiving trust and empathic concern in the online context to promote people's participation in online charity.

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“…Evidence for the empathy-altruism hypothesis can be found in numerous studies (Edele et al, 2013;Farrelly & Bennett, 2018;Klimecki et al, 2016;Pavey et al, 2012). Among the dimensions of empathy, empathic concern, which is an affective response to the feelings of a distressed person (Davis et al, 1999), is an especially important predictor of altruistic behaviors (Dovidio et al, 2006;Pavey et al, 2012).…”

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Volunteerism in the last year as a moderator between empathy and altruistic social value orientation: an exploratory study

Nowakowska¹

2021

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Volunteerism is a sustained prosocial activity, and young adults are one of the most important targets for organizations recruiting volunteers. Empathy and altruistic social value orientation measured by a decomposed game are dispositional traits that might foster engagement in volunteerism. participants and procedureUsing a self-report online-based questionnaire study on two groups of young adults (aged 18-35, N = 224 nonvolunteers and N = 178 volunteers in the last year) the relationship between empathy and altruistic social value orientation in both of these groups was explored. resultsThe results showed that volunteers scored significantly higher on empathy and altruistic social value orientation than non-volunteers. In non-volunteers, empathy is positively linked to altruistic social value orientation, whereas for volunteers the relationship is inversed. conclusionsThe results provide evidence that volunteers, when high on empathy, might not necessarily be ready to share financial resources with others, as operationalized by a decomposed game.

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Empathy leads to increased online charitable behaviour when time is the currency

Cited by 28 publications

References 19 publications

The influence of mate choice motivation on non-financial altruism

The influence of mate choice motivation on non-financial altruism

Understanding people's participation in online charities: a dual-process approach of trust and empathic concern

Volunteerism in the last year as a moderator between empathy and altruistic social value orientation: an exploratory study

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