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An Attribution-Affect-Action Theory of Behavior: Replications of Judgments of Help-Giving
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Four self-contained experimental conditions (N = 496) examined the relations between perceived controllability, emotional reactions of anger and sympathy, and judgments of helping behavior. In accordance with prior findings, it was confirmed that an attribution-affect-action path captures the motivational process in this domain. Controllable causes of a need state give rise to anger, which, in turn, evokes neglect, whereas uncontrollable causes of a need state elicit pity, which, in turn, generates judgments of help-giving. These paths were not altered by self-focus and other-focus (empathy) instructions or by instructions to ignore feelings and concentrate on the objective situation. General issues pertaining to helping and affect were examined.
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- Authors
- Schmidt, G., & Weiner, B.
- Venue
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1988-09
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 610-621
- ISSN
- 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7433
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- W2062267956
- Cited by
- 218
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 6.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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