When helping helps: autonomous motivation for prosocial behavior and its influence on well-being for the helper and recipient.

By Netta Weinstein, Richard M. Ryan. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2010

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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Using wellbeing for public policy: Theory, measurement, and recommendations (2016, background): “Volunteer work is a result of conscious free choice driven by values and self-congruent goals, and it is an activity that psychologically benefits both the recipient and the helper (Gagné, 2003; Weinstein & Ryan, 2010).”
How Does Workplace Helping Behavior Step Up or Slack Off? Integrating Enrichment-Based and Depletion-Based Perspectives (2018, background): “…such as assisting coworkers with heavy workloads or difficult assignments, employees may feel that they have had a positive influence on their coworkers (Flynn, Reagans, Amanatullah, & Ames, 2006; Organ & Ryan, 1995; Podsakoff & MacKenzie, 1997; Settoon & Mossholder, 2002; Weinstein & Ryan, 2010).”
Clarifying the Concept of Well-Being: Psychological Need Satisfaction as the Common Core Connecting Eudaimonic and Subjective Well-Being (2019, background): “…self” traits (Sheldon, Gunz, & Schachtman, 2012), the SWB effects of having correspondence between actual time use and ideal time use and having a more balanced lifestyle (Sheldon, Cummins, & Kamble, 2010), and the SWB effects of prosocial behavior (Martela & Ryan, 2016b; Weinstein & Ryan, 2010).”
A self-determination perspective of strengths use at work: Examining its determinant and performance implications (2016, methodology): “Our choice of helping behaviors is based on the numerous studies examining helping behaviors within the framework of SDT (e.g. Gagné, 2003; Raub & Robert, 2010; Weinstein & Ryan, 2010).”
Informal Caregiving: A Reappraisal of Effects on Caregivers (2014, positive): “…the realm of informal caregiving have shown that providing assistance to another is associated with improvement in the helper’s mood (Yinon & Landau, 1987), relationship satisfaction (e.g., Kogan et al., 2010), and subjective well-being (e.g., Dunn, Aknin, & Norton, 2008; Weinstein & Ryan, 2010).”
HEAVY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN: AN ACTOR-CENTRIC APPROACH TO DAILY PSYCHOLOGICAL POWER, ABUSIVE LEADER BEHAVIOR, AND PERCEIVED INCIVILITY (2017, methodology): “Consistent with prior research, we collapsed all items into one overall scale (La Guardia et al., 2000; Lanaj et al., 2016; Weinstein & Ryan, 2010).”
Conspicuous Consumption versus Charitable Behavior in Response to Social Exclusion: A Differential Needs Explanation (2012, neutral): “Prosocial behavior is an umbrella term used to describe intentional actions to help or benefit others, such as helpful interventions, volunteer work, and donating money or blood (Weinstein and Ryan 2010).”
The development of the five mini-theories of self-determination theory: an historical overview, emerging trends, and future directions (2010, background): “Finally, being pressured to help another has been found to undermine both the helper’s and the recipient’s well-being, suggesting that the adverse effects of controlling contexts can radiate to others (Weinstein & Ryan, 2010).”
Citizen participation in public administration: investigating open government for social innovation (2019, methodology): “They want to demonstrate their knowledge and boost their self-esteem (Weinstein and Ryan, 2010).”
Motivating voluntary compliance to behavioural restrictions: Self-determination theory–based checklist of principles for COVID-19 and other emergency communications (2021, background): “While research stemming from SDT has demonstrated how prosocial behaviour is typically need-satisfying (Martela & Ryan, 2016; Weinstein & Ryan, 2010) and discussed how satisfaction of the needs can make humans more prosocial (Ryan & Hawley, 2017), the SIT can complement these insights about the…”
Making a Difference Matters: Impact Unlocks the Emotional Benefits of Prosocial Spending (2013, positive): “For example, Weinstein and Ryan (2010) found that the emotional benefits of helping were eliminated when helpers were instructed that they “should” help; thus, personal volition seems critical for experiencing the happiness rewards of giving.”