Violence, Empathy, and Altruism: Evidence from the Ivoiran Refugee Crisis in Liberia

Hartman, Alexandra; Morse, Benjamin

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“…That is, individuals may be more likely to engage in altruistic behaviours when they have experienced adverse life events compared to those who have not experienced negative life events. Such findings have been reported among HIV-positive individuals (Reeves et al, 1999), as well as cancer (Ferrell et al, 1995), sexual assault (Stidham et al, 2012) and war survivors (Hartman and Morse, 2015). For example, in qualitative research HIV-positive individuals, they "repeatedly voiced their desire to help others" (Reeves et al, 1999, p. 353).…”

Section: The Role Of Empathymentioning

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Altruism born of suffering among emerging adults in Northern Ireland

Taylor

Hanna

2017

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Purpose: The paper explores altruism born of suffering (ABS), a theory that explains how the experience of suffering within one's own life may result in the motivation to help others, even outgroup members. Design: Participants were 186 emerging adults (63% female, 37% male; 69% Protestant, 41% Catholic; Average age = 21.3, Standard Deviation = 2.57, years old) in Northern Ireland, a setting of protracted intergroup conflict. Participants were randomly assigned to an in/outgroup condition, read four types of adversity that occurred to same-sex victim(s), and indicated their empathetic response and how much they would like to help the victims. Findings:Moderated mediation analyses revealed that empathy for the victim partially mediated the impact of perceived harm on desire to help; moreover, recent negative life events strengthened the link between harm and empathy. The path between empathy and helping was stronger in the outgroup compared to the ingroup condition. Practical implications: These findings support ABS, highlighting empathy as a key factor underlying more constructive intergroup relations in a divided society. Originality: This paper extends previous research on ABS by focusing on a post-accord context. The value of the current analyses demonstrate the important role of fostering empathy to promote outgroup helping in settings of divisive group identities.Keywords: intergroup conflict, helping behaviours, altruism, empathy, Northern Ireland, prosocial behaviour ALTRUISM BORN OF SUFFERING IN NI 4 Altruism born of suffering among emerging adults in Northern IrelandConflict between groups plagues dozens of countries around the world, while natural disasters such as earthquakes, flood and drought fill headlines. Facing these multiple forms of adversity, humans have a number of ways to respond. Altruism born of suffering (ABS;Staub, 2003;Staub and Vollhardt, 2008;Vollhardt, 2009), a theory developed to understand helping behaviours during the Holocaust, may shed light on the processes and conditions under which individuals respond to adversity by assisting others. Moreover, in divided societies, ABS may suggest pathways to promote intergroup helping behaviours (Taylor et al., 2014). Understanding how past experiences shape individual responses to the suffering of others, such as empathy, is particularly important among young people. Past research has found that patterns of altruism and other prosocial orientations established in emerging adulthood often last across the life course (Bowman et al., 2010). Toward this end, this is the first study to explore the role of ABS and its implications for improving intergroup relations among emerging adults in Northern Ireland (NI). Northern Ireland: Conflict and ContextNI is a setting of protracted history of ethno-national struggle between those who wish to remain part of the United Kingdom and those who wish for a united Ireland (Darby, 1983). The most recent outbreak of sustained violence in NI was the 'The Troubles ' (1968-1998), in which over 3,600 de...

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Section: The Role Of Empathymentioning

confidence: 77%

“…Extending these findings to settings of protracted intergroup conflict, Hartman and Morse (2015) studied altruistic motivations in a diverse post-conflict society. Similar to ABS, they proposed that "empathy born from violence" can result in increased altruism toward both ingroup and outgroup members.…”

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Altruism born of suffering among emerging adults in Northern Ireland

Taylor

Hanna

2017

JACPR

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“…In developing countries, histories of migratory flows between neighboring countries may build solidarity (e.g. Hartman and Morse, 2017;Getmansky, Sınmazdemir and Zeitzoff, 2018;Andersson and Dehdari, 2021).…”

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Left Out: How Political Ideology Affects Support for Migrants in Colombia

2021

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Do perceived political views of migrants affect their treatment? For existing studies of migrant reception largely conducted in the Global North, the overlap between ethnicity and partisanship has made it difficult to disentangle political fears from other status and identity concerns. We leverage a case in which migrants come from a similar ethno-linguistic background to explore the role of political fears. Drawing on an original face-to-face survey with over 1,000 Colombians and 1,600 Venezuelans in Colombia, we find that Colombians view Venezuelan migrants as left-wing even though actual Venezuelan migrants are more right-wing than their Colombian hosts. These political misperceptions are consequential: we find that Colombians strongly oppose the settlement of left-wing migrants in their communities. Our research implies that societies can construct out-groups along political lines when the ethnic and cultural bases for migrant exclusion are weaker.

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“…Leona, Kosovo, Libia e incluso Colombia para estudiar la conducta de los individuos, la discriminación e inclusos sus normas sociales. (Bogliacino et al 2017;Voors et al 2012;Vollhardt, 2012;Mironova and Whitt, 2016;Hartman and Morse, 2016;Craig and Richeson, 2016;Bauer et al 2016;Gilligan et al 2013).…”

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Análisis multidimensional de la pertinencia. Estudio de caso de un modelo de intervención con enfoque diferencial

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Jiménez

Castrillon

2020

Rev. Innova Educación

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The academic literature has demonstrated the relevance of education not only on the economic development of a society, but also on the human and cultural development of individuals. That is why, one of the main challenges of governments is the access of individuals of different population groups to education and its quality, the search for the relevant sea according to the economic, historical, social and cultural context. In this sense, this document seeks to analyze the relevance of some training programs offered under an intervention model focused on the population, based on the set of factors important for the development of the individual and society, implemented a multidimensional approach that includes the educational-pedagogical, the social in conjunction with social and cultural equity, finally, the economic, institutional and political. This analysis is complemented by the description of the behavior of the apprentices, specific in their cooperative attitudes and integral biases, based on the application of experimental and behavioral economics techniques.

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Violence, Empathy, and Altruism: Evidence from the Ivoiran Refugee Crisis in Liberia

Cited by 10 publications

References 57 publications

Altruism born of suffering among emerging adults in Northern Ireland

Altruism born of suffering among emerging adults in Northern Ireland

Left Out: How Political Ideology Affects Support for Migrants in Colombia

Análisis multidimensional de la pertinencia. Estudio de caso de un modelo de intervención con enfoque diferencial

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