Empathy-motivated helping: The moderating role of group membership
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in: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Jahrgang 32, Nr. 7, 01.07.2006, S. 943-956.
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T1 - Empathy-motivated helping
T2 - The moderating role of group membership
AU - Stürmer, Stefan
AU - Snyder, Mark
AU - Kropp, Alexandra
AU - Siem, Birte
N1 - National Institute of Mental Health, Funding number: R01MH047673
PY - 2006/7/1
Y1 - 2006/7/1
N2 - In this article, the authors present two laboratory experiments testing a group-level perspective on the role of empathy in helping. Experiment 1 tested the authors' predictions in an intercultural context of helping. Confirming their specific Empathy × Group Membership moderation hypothesis, empathy had a stronger effect on helping intentions when the helper and the target belonged to the same cultural group than when they belonged to different groups. Experiment 2 replicated these findings in a modified minimal group paradigm using laboratory-created groups. Moreover, this second experiment also provides evidence for the hypothesized psychological mechanisms underlying the empathy-(ingroup) helping relationship. Specifically, analyses in the ingroup condition confirmed that the strength of the empathy-(ingroup) helping relationship systematically varied as a function of perceived similarities among ingroup members. The general implications of these findings for empathy-motivated helping are discussed.
AB - In this article, the authors present two laboratory experiments testing a group-level perspective on the role of empathy in helping. Experiment 1 tested the authors' predictions in an intercultural context of helping. Confirming their specific Empathy × Group Membership moderation hypothesis, empathy had a stronger effect on helping intentions when the helper and the target belonged to the same cultural group than when they belonged to different groups. Experiment 2 replicated these findings in a modified minimal group paradigm using laboratory-created groups. Moreover, this second experiment also provides evidence for the hypothesized psychological mechanisms underlying the empathy-(ingroup) helping relationship. Specifically, analyses in the ingroup condition confirmed that the strength of the empathy-(ingroup) helping relationship systematically varied as a function of perceived similarities among ingroup members. The general implications of these findings for empathy-motivated helping are discussed.
KW - Altruism
KW - Empathy
KW - Group-level perspective
KW - Group-level similarities
KW - Helping
KW - Sociology
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U2 - 10.1177/0146167206287363
DO - 10.1177/0146167206287363
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 16738027
AN - SCOPUS:33744828249
VL - 32
SP - 943
EP - 956
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
SN - 0146-1672
IS - 7
ER -