The Helping Behavior Helps Lighten Physical Burden

doi:10.1080/01973533.2017.1320762

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	The Helping Behavior Helps Lighten Physical Burden
	Li, Xilin ; Xie, Xiaofei
刊名	BASIC AND APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
	2017
关键词	PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR PERCEIVING DISTANCE SOCIAL SUPPORT SELF-EFFICACY ALTRUISM MOTIVATION SECRECY HEALTH PERCEPTION MECHANISMS
DOI	10.1080/01973533.2017.1320762
英文摘要	It is often believed that helping behaviors benefit the recipients at the expense of the performers. However, we propose that costly helping behaviors could alleviate feelings of physical burden experienced by the performers. In support of the proposal, we found in five studies that both imaginary and real helping behaviors led the performers to perceive physically challenging tasks as less demanding (Studies 1, 2, 3, 5), such as perceiving a steep mountain road as less steep (Study 2), a heavy carton as lighter (Study 4), and a long path as shorter (Study 5). These results challenge the conventional wisdom that helping behaviors always come at the cost of the helper and corroborate a growing body of literature showing that helping others could benefit the performer.; National Natural Science Foundation of China [71172024, 91224002, 71472005]; SSCI; ARTICLE; 4; 183-192; 39
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/469436]
专题	心理与认知科学学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Xilin,Xie, Xiaofei. The Helping Behavior Helps Lighten Physical Burden[J]. BASIC AND APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY,2017.
APA	Li, Xilin,&Xie, Xiaofei.(2017).The Helping Behavior Helps Lighten Physical Burden.BASIC AND APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY.
MLA	Li, Xilin,et al."The Helping Behavior Helps Lighten Physical Burden".BASIC AND APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (2017).