Individual-based relative deprivation (IRD) decreases prosocial behaviors

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• 作者：Hong Zhang ; Man Liu ; Yuan Tian
• 关键词：IRD ; Prosocial values ; Prosocial behaviors
• 刊名：Motivation and Emotion
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：40
• 期：5
• 页码：655-666
• 全文大小：488 KB
• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Psychology
  Psychology
  Personality and Social Psychology
  Clinical Psychology
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-6644
• 卷排序：40

文摘

Five studies investigated the relationship between individual-based relative deprivation (IRD) and prosocial behaviors. Study 1 found that income satisfaction, a concept closely related to IRD, was negatively associated with prosocial values across cultures. Study 2 found a negative association between IRD and prosocial aspirations among a sample of Chinese university students. Study 3 revealed a negative association between IRD and volunteer behaviors. In Studies 4 and 5, we found that laboratory-induced IRD decreased undergraduate students’ prosocial values and behaviors. Moreover, Study 5 also found that the tendency to prioritize self-interest over others’ mediated the effect of IRD on prosocial behaviors. Implications of these findings are discussed.