Prosocial behavior: multilevel perspectives.

By Louis A. Penner, John F. Dovidio, J. A. Piliavin, D. Schroeder. Annual Review of Psychology, 2005

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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The Bright Side of Being Prosocial at Work, and the Dark Side, Too: A Review and Agenda for Research on Other-Oriented Motives, Behavior, and Impact in Organizations (2016, background): “Social scientists in a variety of disciplines have sought to understand the motivation, occurrence, and impact of prosocial behaviors (Dovidio, Piliavin, Schroeder, & Penner, 2006; Penner et al., 2005).”
The Social Salience Hypothesis of Oxytocin. (2016, positive): “Oxytocin, prosocial behavior and social salience Prosocial behaviors are broadly defined as acts that are viewed by one’s social group as beneficial to other people (27), and have been linked to social behaviors such as sympathy, empathy and cooperation (28).”
The origins and nature of compassion focused therapy. (2014, background): “Indeed, ‘helping behaviour’ has a wide focus, linked to the studies of prosocial behaviour (Bierhoff, 2005; Penner et al. , 2005).”
I Own, So I Help Out: How Psychological Ownership Increases Prosocial Behavior (2020, background): “Ourwork also contributes to a growing body of research addressing how, when, and why people engage in prosocial behavior (Penner et al. 2005).”
When and How Do High Status Group Members Offer Help: Effects of Social Dominance Orientation and Status Threat (2008, background): “Whereas earlier work on individual differences in helping orientations has focused virtually exclusively on interpersonal orientations toward others (Penner et al., 2005), the current study explored individual differences and situational factors that may relate to intergroup orientations in helping.”
Social identity, group processes, and helping in emergencies (2013, background): “In so doing we aim to illustrate how a social identity approach might add to an area already considered empirically and conceptually mature (Penner et al., 2005).”
Human Resource Systems and Helping in Organizations: A Relational Perspective (2011, background): “Examining helping patterns in three joint ventures, Perlow, Gittell, and Katz (2004) found that rewarding team members for helping whoever needed it reinforced patterns of generalized helping among all team members.”
What works in enhancing social and emotional skills development during childhood and adolescence? A review of the evidence on the effectiveness of school-based and out-of-school programmes in the UK. (2015, background): “, 2004), Self-Efficacy, Locus of Control (Thompson, 2009) and the analysis of prosocial behaviour (Penner et al. 2005).”
Doing good buffers against feeling bad: Prosocial impact compensates for negative task and self-evaluations (2010, background): “This is important given that helping behaviors are not always appreciated by the intended beneficiaries (Penner et al., 2005).”
Voluntary Engagement in an Open Web-Based Encyclopedia: Wikipedians and Why They Do It (2009, background): “Second, contributors who are initially more satisfied with their Wikipedia engagement should more easily identify with the Wikipedia community, and thus be more likely to continue their engagement (cf. Grube & Piliavin, 2000; Penner et al., 2005).”
Doing Good at Work Feels Good at Home, but Not Right Away: When and Why Perceived Prosocial Impact Predicts Positive Affect (2012, background): “In particular, helping others is an experience of success that can boost feelings of competence (Grant, 2007; Penner et al., 2005).”
Mixed reasons, missed givings: The costs of blending egoistic and altruistic reasons in donation requests☆ (2012, background): “Indeed, research reveals that in addition to benefiting others, the act of giving offers the egoistic benefits of promoting happiness and reducing negative emotions for the giver (e.g., Dunn, Aknin, & Norton, 2008; Harbaugh, Mayr, & Burghart, 2007; Penner et al., 2005).”
The development of compassionate engagement and action scales for self and others (2017, background): “…wealth of research showing e that developing caring and compassion-focused motives for self and others has a range of benefits: on genetic expression [14, 31, 109], physiological processes [9, 68, 71, 73, 107, 108], psychological processes [63, 64, 66, 108], and social relationships [16, 18, 100].”
Information Strategies and Energy Conservation Behavior: A Meta-analysis of Experimental Studies from 1975-2012 - eScholarship (2013, positive): “Furthermore, a rational actor model of electricity use behaviors, where individuals are utility maximizing and are primarily motivated by self-interest, neglects the pro-social behaviors that people often engage in (Penner et al., 2005; Verplanken and Holland, 2002).”
Gender Differences in Environmental Concern: Reevaluating Gender Socialization (2016, background): “This ethic is defined as being other-oriented and involves engaging in prosocial behaviors, such as caring for and helping others (Penner et al. 2005).”