Chris Stiff
Student pro-sociality: Measuring institutional and individual factors that predict pro-social behaviour at university
Stiff, Chris; Rosenthal-Stott, Harriet E.S.; Wake, Stephanie; Woodward, Amelia
Authors
Harriet E.S. Rosenthal-Stott
Stephanie Wake
Amelia Woodward
Contributors
H E S Rosenthal dps0her@durham.ac.uk
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Abstract
Students operate within a bounded social context and often face decisions regarding whether to pursue selfish or group-level benefit. Yet little work has examined what predicts their behaviour towards fellow students. This work addresses this gap by investigating what factors may predict students’ performance of pro-social actions at university, and how an institution may maximise such behaviour. Study 1 created the student pro-sociality scale, used to measure these tendencies in students. In study 2, 428 students from 25 UK universities took part an online survey study using this scale, and several other pre-existing measures of possible predictors. Analysis suggested that of those factors examined, role clarity, affective commitment, empathy, and perspective-taking emerged as the most influential. This first foray into this area can now inspire further research in finding the effective ways of fostering pro-social behaviour in students.
Citation
Stiff, C., Rosenthal-Stott, H. E., Wake, S., & Woodward, A. (2019). Student pro-sociality: Measuring institutional and individual factors that predict pro-social behaviour at university. Current Psychology, 38(4), 920-930. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00256-3
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 18, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 18, 2019 |
Publication Date | Aug 31, 2019 |
Deposit Date | May 9, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | May 9, 2019 |
Journal | Current Psychology |
Print ISSN | 1046-1310 |
Electronic ISSN | 1936-4733 |
Publisher | Springer |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 38 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 920-930 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00256-3 |
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