Volunteerism in the last year as a moderator between empathy and altruistic social value orientation: an exploratory study
Introduction Volunteerism is a sustained prosocial activity, and young adults are one of the most important targets for organizations recruiting volunteers. Empathy and altruistic social value orientation measured by a decomposed game are dispositional traits that might foster engagement in voluntee...
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Volunteerism is a sustained prosocial activity, and young adults are one of the most important targets for organizations recruiting volunteers. Empathy and altruistic social value orientation measured by a decomposed game are dispositional traits that might foster engagement in volunteerism.
Material and methods
Using a self-report online-based questionnaire study on two groups of young adults (aged 18-35, N = 224 non-volunteers and N = 178 volunteers in the last year) the relationship between empathy and altruistic social value orientation in both of these groups was explored.
Results
The results showed that volunteers scored significantly higher on empathy and altruistic social value orientation than non-volunteers. In non-volunteers, empathy is positively linked to altruistic social value orientation, whereas for volunteers the relationship is inversed.
Conclusions
The results provide evidence that volunteers, when high on empathy, might not necessarily be ready to share financial resources with others, as operationalized by a decomposed game. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef58cada2e52401f9378686df6b78e242022-12-22T02:19:37ZengTermedia Publishing HouseCurrent Issues in Personality Psychology2353-41922353-561X2021-08-01101102010.5114/cipp.2021.108258139089Volunteerism in the last year as a moderator between empathy and altruistic social value orientation: an exploratory studyIwona Nowakowska0Institute of Psychology, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, PolandIntroduction Volunteerism is a sustained prosocial activity, and young adults are one of the most important targets for organizations recruiting volunteers. Empathy and altruistic social value orientation measured by a decomposed game are dispositional traits that might foster engagement in volunteerism. Material and methods Using a self-report online-based questionnaire study on two groups of young adults (aged 18-35, N = 224 non-volunteers and N = 178 volunteers in the last year) the relationship between empathy and altruistic social value orientation in both of these groups was explored. Results The results showed that volunteers scored significantly higher on empathy and altruistic social value orientation than non-volunteers. In non-volunteers, empathy is positively linked to altruistic social value orientation, whereas for volunteers the relationship is inversed. Conclusions The results provide evidence that volunteers, when high on empathy, might not necessarily be ready to share financial resources with others, as operationalized by a decomposed game.http://cipp.ug.edu.pl/Volunteerism-in-the-last-year-as-a-moderator-r-nbetween-empathy-and-altruistic-social,139089,0,2.htmlempathyyoung adultsvolunteerismsocial value orientationaltruism |
| spellingShingle | Iwona Nowakowska Volunteerism in the last year as a moderator between empathy and altruistic social value orientation: an exploratory study Current Issues in Personality Psychology empathy young adults volunteerism social value orientation altruism |
| title | Volunteerism in the last year as a moderator
between empathy and altruistic social value
orientation: an exploratory study |
| title_full | Volunteerism in the last year as a moderator
between empathy and altruistic social value
orientation: an exploratory study |
| title_fullStr | Volunteerism in the last year as a moderator
between empathy and altruistic social value
orientation: an exploratory study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Volunteerism in the last year as a moderator
between empathy and altruistic social value
orientation: an exploratory study |
| title_short | Volunteerism in the last year as a moderator
between empathy and altruistic social value
orientation: an exploratory study |
| title_sort | volunteerism in the last year as a moderator between empathy and altruistic social value orientation an exploratory study |
| topic | empathy young adults volunteerism social value orientation altruism |
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