Prosocial Motivation: Inferences from an Opaque Body of Work

Autor/inn/en	Eisenberg, Nancy; VanSchyndel, Sarah K.; Spinrad, Tracy L.
Titel	Prosocial Motivation: Inferences from an Opaque Body of Work
Quelle	In: Child Development, 87 (2016) 6, S.1668-1678 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12638
Schlagwörter	Motivation; Prosocial Behavior; Literature Reviews; Heuristics; Altruism; Self Concept; Classification; Moral Values; Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Heuristik; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Selbstkonzept; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	Because motivations for prosocial actions typically are unclear, sometimes even to actors but especially for observers, it is difficult to study prosocial motivation. This article reviews research that provides evidence regarding children's motives for prosocial behaviors. First, we present a heuristic model to classify motives on the dimension of reflecting altruistic (with the ultimate goal of benefiting another) to egoism (the ultimate goal of benefiting the self) goals; in addition, we briefly discuss classifying motives based on a continuum of morality. Next, we review findings indicating the existence of a number of different motives in our model and briefly discuss developmental issues, when possible. Future directions for the study of prosocial motivation are proposed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01