Helping Behavior in a Rural and an Urban Setting
Professional and Casual Attire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13670851 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shauna B Wilson (0000-0002-0149-7480, Georgia Southern University, corresponding author), Janice H Kennedy (0000-0002-0285-7011, Georgia Southern University) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 229-233 |
| Publication date | 2006-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.98.1.229-233 |
| PMID | 16673982 |
| OpenAlex | W2009765663 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
This study assessed differences in helping behavior in a rural versus an urban location when directed toward either a professionally or a casually dressed woman. Convenience samples included 40 men and 40 women (10 people of each sex assigned to each condition: rural and professional, rural and casual, urban and professional, and urban and casual). A 21-yr.-old female confederate dropped an envelope near each target helper individually and recorded number of seconds for the target helper to retrieve or point out the dropped item. Analysis indicated significantly faster helping occurred in the rural than in the urban location and that men helped the confederate more often than women. No difference in frequencey of help was related to kind of attire
Casual · Political science · Significant difference · Sociology · Demography · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Medicine · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2008 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |