Personality and prosocial behavior: A theoretical framework and meta-analysis.
University of Koblenz and Landau · Universität Koblenz · +1 more institution
Abstract
Decades of research document individual differences in prosocial behavior using controlled experiments that model social interactions in situations of interdependence. However, theoretical and empirical integration of the vast literature on the predictive validity of personality traits to account for these individual differences is missing. Here, we present a theoretical framework that identifies 4 broad situational affordances across interdependent situations (i.e., exploitation, reciprocity, temporal conflict, and dependence under uncertainty) and more specific subaffordances within certain types of interdependent situations (e.g., possibility to increase equality in outcomes) that can determine when, which,…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 89.35
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 645
Authors
3- ITIsabel ThielmannCorresponding
University of Koblenz and Landau, Universität Koblenz, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- GSGiuliana Spadaro
University of Koblenz and Landau, Universität Koblenz, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- DBDaniel Balliet
University of Koblenz and Landau, Universität Koblenz, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Topics & keywords
- Prosocial behavior
- Psychology
- Social psychology
- Big Five personality traits
- Personality
- Social dilemma
- Interdependence
- Ultimatum game
Funding
- YUYale University
- APAmerican Psychological Association
- VCVirginia Commonwealth University
- SStrong
- DFDeutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftAward: TH 2318/1-1
- VUVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- WWWestfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- RDRoyal De Heus
- JUJacobs University
- DFDirectorate for Biological Sciences
- UOUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign