Prosocial behavior increases well-being and vitality even without contact with the beneficiary: Causal and behavioral evidence
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Psychological need satisfaction is positively related to positive affect and negatively linked to negative affect.
“More specifically, research evidence has shown that psychological need satisfaction is positively related to positive affect, and negatively linked to negative affect (Martela & Ryan, 2016;Martela, Ryan, & Steger, 2017;Vandercammen, Hofmans, & Theuns, 2014).”
From University students' need satisfaction trajectories: A growth mixture analysis (2019) · cites this paper as Martela & Ryan, 2016
Altruistic and prosocial social behavior appears to promote well-being for the helpers.
“Altruistic and prosocial social behavior appears to promote well-being for the helpers [18, 39].”
From Psychiatric symptoms, risk, and protective factors among university students in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic in China (2021) · cites this paper as [39]
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- Authors
- Martela, F., & Ryan, R. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of Rochester (US)
- Corresponding author
- Martela, Frank
- Venue
- Motivation and Emotion
- Published
- 2016-03-28
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 351-357
- ISSN
- 0146-7239 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-6644
- OpenAlex
- W2321186895
- Cited by
- 253
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 4
- FWCI
- 22.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Motivation and Emotion (publishedVersion)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Keywords
- prosocial behavior, well-being, vitality, positive affect, meaningfulness, anonymity, social relatedness, autonomy, competence, need satisfaction, video games
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