Interactions between donor Agreeableness and recipient characteristics in predicting charitable donation and positive social evaluation
Agreeable people are more likely to display prosocial attitudes and helpful behavior in a broad range of situations. Here we show that this tendency interacts with the personal characteristics of interaction partners. In an online study (n = 284), participants were given the opportunity to report at...
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doaj-59e67cc9f24445899de6bbc117edba1d2020-11-24T22:02:07ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592015-08-013e108910.7717/peerj.1089Interactions between donor Agreeableness and recipient characteristics in predicting charitable donation and positive social evaluationTal Yarkoni0Yoni K. Ashar1Tor D. Wager2Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, United StatesDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United StatesDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United StatesAgreeable people are more likely to display prosocial attitudes and helpful behavior in a broad range of situations. Here we show that this tendency interacts with the personal characteristics of interaction partners. In an online study (n = 284), participants were given the opportunity to report attitudes toward and make monetary donations to needy individuals who were described in dynamically generated biographies. Using a machine learning and multilevel modeling framework, we tested three potential explanations for the facilitatory influence of Agreeableness on charitable behavior. We find that Agreeableness preferentially increased donations and prosocial attitudes toward targets normatively rated as being more deserving. Our results advance understanding of person-by-situation interactions in the context of charitable behavior and prosocial attitudes.https://peerj.com/articles/1089.pdfPersonalityCharityAgreeablenessSocial evaluationCharitable donation |
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Interactions between donor Agreeableness and recipient characteristics in predicting charitable donation and positive social evaluation |
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Interactions between donor Agreeableness and recipient characteristics in predicting charitable donation and positive social evaluation |
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Interactions between donor Agreeableness and recipient characteristics in predicting charitable donation and positive social evaluation |
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Interactions between donor Agreeableness and recipient characteristics in predicting charitable donation and positive social evaluation |
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interactions between donor agreeableness and recipient characteristics in predicting charitable donation and positive social evaluation |
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Agreeable people are more likely to display prosocial attitudes and helpful behavior in a broad range of situations. Here we show that this tendency interacts with the personal characteristics of interaction partners. In an online study (n = 284), participants were given the opportunity to report attitudes toward and make monetary donations to needy individuals who were described in dynamically generated biographies. Using a machine learning and multilevel modeling framework, we tested three potential explanations for the facilitatory influence of Agreeableness on charitable behavior. We find that Agreeableness preferentially increased donations and prosocial attitudes toward targets normatively rated as being more deserving. Our results advance understanding of person-by-situation interactions in the context of charitable behavior and prosocial attitudes. |
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Personality Charity Agreeableness Social evaluation Charitable donation |
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