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Emerging adults’ judgments about helping at home

Situational and experiential sources of variability

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ID12686558
AuthorsMarie Grace Martinez-Mora (0000-0002-6849-2748, Department of Psychology University of California Santa Cruz California USA, corresponding author), A Dahl (0000-0002-1528-4347, Department of Psychology University of California Santa Cruz California USA)
Year2022
Volume32
Issue2
Pages704-721
Publication date2022-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1467-9507 • E-ISSN: 0961-205X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/sode.12649
OpenAlexW4308020289
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited42

Judgments and decisions about household helping affect how families function, and they develop through everyday experiences. Much prior research has examined stable individual differences in prosocial orientations, but such orientations also vary within individuals. The present work examined situational and experiential sources of variability in emerging adults’ judgments and reasoning about helping at home. The research assessed judgments and reasoning about household helping in events that were either hypothetical (Studies 1 and 2) or took place in participants’ own homes (Study 2). Participants’ judgments about helping incorporated moral, personal, and social‐conventional considerations and differentiated helping in one's own home from helping in another home. Participants’ past experiences with household helping predicted their judgments about helping. Findings supported the view that emerging adults’ judgments about household helping are informed by both situational considerations and personal experiences

Developmental psychology · Experiential learning · Function (biology · Helping behavior · Prosocial behavior · Situational ethics · Applied Psychology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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