Abstract
This study integrates psychological predictors of helping intentions and naturally selected tendencies enhancing inclusive fitness for a more comprehensive understanding of altruism. Psychological mediators of helping intentions, empathic concern and oneness, and psychological processes facilitating kin selection and reciprocal altruism were combined in a structural equation model to predict participants' (N = 643) intentions to perform a risky rescue behavior. The tendency for reciprocal altruism and kinship were the strongest predictors of rescue intentions. Confirming previous research, empathic concern made a significant but small contribution in predicting helping intentions. Proximate mechanisms currently in the psychological literature did not entirely account for the effect of kinship on helping intentions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 118-125 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Evolution and Human Behavior |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2003 |
Keywords
- Empathy
- Kin selection
- Oneness
- Reciprocal altruism
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