Prosocial Commitments in the Family: Situational, Personality, and Systemic Factors
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Montada, Leo
Abstract / Description
People spend most of their time in social systems: in families, with friends, in
educational and work settings, in clubs, and so forth. Therefore, most of their
behaviors, including prosocial activities, occur in social contexts that differ with
regard to speciic traditions, expectations, norms, possibilities, resources, problems,
and restrictions.
Research on helping behavior in long-term social relationships is scarce. Even
though the evidence from experimental research is impressive (Bierhoff, 1990;
Staub, 1980), many questions remain open. The research reported in the present
chapter focused on two of these questions: (1) Little is known about whether the
variables affecting prosocial behavior in experimental settings are equally important
in long-term social systems. For instance, does the phenomenon of diffusing among
bystanders the responsibility for helping an anonymous victim hold in situations in
which the person in need and the potential helpers know each other well? It is quite
possible that the meaning and the significance of experimental factors change if the
interacting individuals are friends or kin. (2) Experimental research on help toward a
stranger does not tell us whether or not additional variables are important factors in
help among members of a social group. Various characteristics of a social system
and its individuals may affect the likelihood of help being provided in case of needs,
for example, formal and informal norms, the quality of the relationship among the
members of a system, mutual expectations, the status of the individuals involved,
and so forth. Variables of this kind can hardly be manipulated in experimental
studies.
Keyword(s)
Affektive Bindung Prosoziales Verhalten Mutter Kind Familienbeziehung Mutter Tochter Pflegeperson Hauspflege Verbundenheitsgefühl Prosoziales Verhalten Familienbeziehungen Pflegepersonen Häusliche Pflege Mutter-Kind-Beziehungen Mütter Töchter Commitment; *Prosocial Behavior; *Family Relations; Caregivers; Home Care; Mother Child Relations; Mothers; DaughtersPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
1991
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In: Leo Montada Hans Werner Bierhoff (Editors) Altruism in Social Systems. 1991
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Montada, Leo
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Date of first publication1991
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Abstract / DescriptionPeople spend most of their time in social systems: in families, with friends, in educational and work settings, in clubs, and so forth. Therefore, most of their behaviors, including prosocial activities, occur in social contexts that differ with regard to speciic traditions, expectations, norms, possibilities, resources, problems, and restrictions. Research on helping behavior in long-term social relationships is scarce. Even though the evidence from experimental research is impressive (Bierhoff, 1990; Staub, 1980), many questions remain open. The research reported in the present chapter focused on two of these questions: (1) Little is known about whether the variables affecting prosocial behavior in experimental settings are equally important in long-term social systems. For instance, does the phenomenon of diffusing among bystanders the responsibility for helping an anonymous victim hold in situations in which the person in need and the potential helpers know each other well? It is quite possible that the meaning and the significance of experimental factors change if the interacting individuals are friends or kin. (2) Experimental research on help toward a stranger does not tell us whether or not additional variables are important factors in help among members of a social group. Various characteristics of a social system and its individuals may affect the likelihood of help being provided in case of needs, for example, formal and informal norms, the quality of the relationship among the members of a system, mutual expectations, the status of the individuals involved, and so forth. Variables of this kind can hardly be manipulated in experimental studies.en
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ISBN978-0-88937-045-6
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Persistent Identifierhttps://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-38076
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/762
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.10216
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Language of contenteng
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Is part ofIn: Leo Montada Hans Werner Bierhoff (Editors) Altruism in Social Systems. 1991
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Keyword(s)Affektive Bindungde
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Keyword(s)Prosoziales Verhaltende
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Keyword(s)Mutter Kindde
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Keyword(s)Familienbeziehungde
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Keyword(s)Mutterde
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Keyword(s)Tochterde
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Keyword(s)Pflegepersonde
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Keyword(s)Hauspflegede
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Keyword(s)Verbundenheitsgefühlde
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Keyword(s)Prosoziales Verhaltende
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Keyword(s)Familienbeziehungende
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Keyword(s)Pflegepersonende
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Keyword(s)Häusliche Pflegede
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Keyword(s)Mutter-Kind-Beziehungende
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Keyword(s)Mütterde
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Keyword(s)Töchterde
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Keyword(s)Commitment; *Prosocial Behavior; *Family Relations; Caregivers; Home Care; Mother Child Relations; Mothers; Daughtersen
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleProsocial Commitments in the Family: Situational, Personality, and Systemic Factorsen
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