Notes toward an Interactionist-Motivational Theory of the Determinants and Development of (Pro)Social Behavior

Staub, Ervin

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“…T hus, the more important the goal and the more intense the activating potential of the environment, the more probable the acting out of that goal. Ample experimental evidences have been obtained to lend support to Staub's theory (see Staub, 1978Staub, , 1980Staub, , 1984Staub, , 1986Staub, , 1989Staub, , 1990. But seldom is the theory tested with daily-life data.…”

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Conceptions of success: their correlates with prosocial orientation and behaviour in Chinese adolescents

Cheung

Keung

Shek

1998

Journal of Adolescence

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Conceptions of success: their correlates with prosocial orientation and behaviour in Chinese adolescents

Cheung

Keung

Shek

1998

Journal of Adolescence

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“…A few existing studies have been concerned with dispositional and situational determinants of prosocial behavior (Batson & Powell, 2003). On the one hand, the dispositional factors show the stability in prosocial behavior, involving personality, intelligence, autonomy, empathy, and perspective taking (Gagné, 2003;George, 1990;Iannotti, 1985;Krebs & Sturrup, 1982;Staub, 1984). On the other hand, prosocial behaviors always vary over time and across places, and the situational determinants are used to designate at least two kinds of influence (Eisenberg & Mussen, 1989): (a) striking, unique events, and (b) temporary external conditions and singular experiences, or transient moods and emotions.…”

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The Territorial Prior-Residence Effect and Children's Behavior in Social Dilemmas

Han

Shu

Shi

2008

Environment and Behavior

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Research on territorial behavior has focused on animal populations, and relatively little has dealt with territoriality in humans, except in the area of human sports. This study was an investigation of the prior-residence effect on children's behavior in social dilemmas. The analysis was carried out by means of research designed for preschool children who played a dictator game and an ultimatum game. This study demonstrates the advantages of being on one's own turf. The authors found that children playing in their own classroom obtained more from games than did those playing in their partners' classroom. In contrast, not being in their own classroom and not having the power to dictate in the ultimatum game were seen as an underlying reason why children propose more offers to their partners. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings for the evolution of prosocial behavior are discussed.

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“…The roots of prosocial behavior appear to lie in the capacity for vicarious emotional responding, where intense emotional concern for the plight of another person leads to efforts to help the individual in distress. Although some investigators feel such empathy is state related (Batson et al, 1989), others see dispositional empathy as a stable predictor of ongoing prosocial behavior that reflects prosocial personal goals that motivate a person to engage in actions for another person's well-being (M. H. Davis, 1983;Staub, 1984). As noted above, some emergency workers are paid, others are volunteers, and some work at one public safety job and volunteer at another.…”

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Acute stress management with public safety personnel: Opportunities for clinical training and pro bono community service.

Linton¹

1995

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Public safety personnel are exposed to high levels of chronic stress, and at times they experience intense emotional reactions to critical incidents that can severely impair their ability to provide emergency services to the public. Critical incident stress management (CISM) involves directly intervening in these cases, using a team composed of both mental health professionals and peer support personnel. Involvement with a CISM team offers psychologists an opportunity to intervene in a substantial community health problem. Because services are provided free of charge, psychologists can offer pro bono work to their communities, which is consistent with their ethical obligations to the public. CISM teams also present an excellent in vivo setting for training psychology interns about psychological trauma, and the teams offer the interns a chance to become involved in community-based interventions.In recent years, both public and professional attention has focused on the psychological adjustment of individuals who are exposed to traumatic stressors. Such individuals can be divided into two groups: those traumatized independent of their occupational roles and those exposed to traumatogenic situations as a part of their jobs.The nonworkplace group includes civilian victims of war and genocide, concentration or prison camp survivors, refugees, and also victims of natural or human-made disasters, rape, torture, criminal assault, and severe accidental injuries (G. C. Davis & Breslau, 1994;Miller, 1994). The interest of mental health professionals in such victims has increased dramatically as is reflected in evolving changes in diagnostic nosology, recent books

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Notes toward an Interactionist-Motivational Theory of the Determinants and Development of (Pro)Social Behavior

Cited by 7 publications

References 30 publications

Conceptions of success: their correlates with prosocial orientation and behaviour in Chinese adolescents

Conceptions of success: their correlates with prosocial orientation and behaviour in Chinese adolescents

The Territorial Prior-Residence Effect and Children's Behavior in Social Dilemmas

Acute stress management with public safety personnel: Opportunities for clinical training and pro bono community service.

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