Unpredictable needs are associated with lower expectations of repayment

Sometimes people help one another expecting to be repaid, while at other times people help without an expectation of repayment. What might underlie this difference in expectations of repayment? We investigate this question in a nationally representative sample of US adults (N = 915), and find that p...

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Main Authors: Diego Guevara Beltran, Denise Mercado, Jessica D. Ayers, Andrew Van Horn, Joe Alcock, Peter M. Todd, Lee Cronk, Athena Aktipis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622723000084