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Type and amount of help as predictors for impression of helpers

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  • Arvid Erlandsson
  • Mattias Wingren
  • Per A Andersson

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Impression of helpers can vary as a function of the magnitude of helping (amount of help) and of situational and motivational aspects (type of help). Over three studies conducted in Sweden and the US, we manipulated both the amount and the type of help in ten diverse vignettes and measured participants’ impressions of the described helpers. Impressions were almost unaffected when increasing the amount of help by 500%, but clearly affected by several type of help-manipulations. Particularly, helpers were less positively evaluated if they had mixed motives for helping, did not experience intense emotions or empathy, or if helping involved no personal sacrifice. In line with the person-centered theory of moral judgment, people seem to form impressions of helpers primarily based on the presumed underlying processes and motives of prosociality rather than its consequences.

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  • Arvid Erlandsson & Mattias Wingren & Per A Andersson, 2020. "Type and amount of help as predictors for impression of helpers," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(12), pages 1-23, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0243808
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243808
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