Attitudes and attitude certainty guiding pro-social behaviour as a function of perceived elaboration
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UAM. Departamento de Psicología Social y MetodologíaPublisher
WileyDate
2021-07-26Citation
10.1002/ejsp.2798
European Journal of Social Psychology 51.6 (2022): 990-1006
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1099-0992DOI
10.1002/ejsp.2798Funded by
Research was supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación y Universidades, Gobierno de España (ES) [PSI2017-83303-C2-1-P]Project
Gobierno de España. PSI2017-83303-C2-1-PEditor's Version
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2798Subjects
Attitude certainty; Attitudes; Perceived elaboration; Prosocial behaviour; PsicologíaRights
© 2021 TheAuthors
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Abstract
This research examined the effect of perceived elaboration on the relationship between attitudes and prosocial behaviour. Study 1 revealed that group fusion was more predictive of pro-group behaviour (donation to in-group members) when perceived elaboration was high rather than low. In Study 2, attitudes toward helping were more likely to guide prosocial behaviour (helping others in a learning task) for participants who reported higher levels of perceived elaboration. Studies 3 and 4 manipulated perceptions of elaboration, demonstrating that attitudes guided subsequent hiring decisions (Study 3) and an actual behavioural choice in a natural setting (Study 4), and that this link was stronger for those participants induced to believe that they engaged in high (vs. low) elaboration. Furthermore, Studies 2 and 4 revealed that the effects of perceived elaboration on attitude-behaviour correspondence were mediated by attitude certainty. The present research reveals that prosocial behaviour can be facilitated by taking into consideration meta-cognitive processes that accompany evaluation (perceived elaboration and attitude certainty)
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Google Scholar:Moreno, Lorena
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Requero, Blanca
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Santos, David
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Paredes, Borja
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Briñol, Pablo
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Petty, Richard E.
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