Reactions of would-be helpers whose offer of help is spurned
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6201643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sidney Rosen, Susan E Mickler, James E Collins (0000-0003-3212-5927) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 288-297 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.53.2.288 |
| PMID | 3625468 |
| OpenAlex | W2082304576 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 13 |
An experiment was conducted to test the proposition that rejection of help by a needy recipient constitutes a negative expectancy violation for the would-be helper. The helper will react to this self-threat by expressing negative affect, unfavorable evaluations of the recipient, low attraction to the recipient, and causal attributions for the rejection that cast the recipient in an unflattering light. To test these hypotheses, college freshmen were prompted to offer rules for word construction to a same-sex recipient (a confederate) who was described as needing remediation on vocabulary and who "failed" a practice task. After rejecting/accepting the help, the recipient failed or succeeded on a comparable task. The results were consistent with these predictions. Dispositionally high expectations of interpersonal success served to amplify helpers' reactions to rejection/acceptance.
Affect (linguistics · Attraction · Attribution · Expectancy theory · Helping behavior · Interpersonal attraction · Interpersonal communication · Task (project management · Test (biology · Communication · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Family Support in Illness · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2022 (33) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
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