Culture,morality, and the effect of prosocial behavior motivation on positive affect |
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| Authors: | Claudia Gherghel Dorin Nastas Takeshi Hashimoto Jiro Takai Aaron Castelán Cargile |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya Universityclemghe@gmail.com!["ORCID]("//:0" "\"ORCID") https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1377-3275;3. Department of Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi;4. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University;5. Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University;6. Department of Communication Studies, California State Universityhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6165-8023 |
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| Abstract: | We investigated the effect of culture, moral discourse, and motivation to engage in prosocial behavior on benefactors’ positive affect. Participants from three cultures (Japan, Romania, and the United States) responded to scenarios in which they could perform small acts of kindness for different targets. A stronger relationship between agentic and obligated motivation to perform acts of kindness, as well as between obligated motivation and positive affect, was observed for participants from Japan, and for individuals with higher endorsement of the Community Ethic. Agentic motivation to engage in prosocial behavior was related to benefactors’ positive affect, regardless of relationship type. |
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| Keywords: | agentic motivation obligated motivation prosocial behavior positive affect moral discourse |
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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1377-3275;3. Department of Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi;4. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University;5. Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University;6. Department of Communication Studies, California State University