Mood Effects of Unsuccessful Helping: Another Test of the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis

The empathy-altruism hypothesis predicts that empathically aroused individuals will report negative mood change after an unsuccessful attempt to help, even if the failure is fully justified. Two experiments tested this prediction. In Experiment 1, subjects'failure at a helping task was either j...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Personality & social psychology bulletin 1996-02, Vol.22 (2), p.148-157
Hauptverfasser:	Batson, C. Daniel, Weeks, Joy L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Emotions Empathy Failure Helping behaviour Hypotheses Mood changes Psychology Relationship Role Social research
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