Nguyen, Yla (2022) Gratitude Toward Outgroups: The Effect of Outgroup Gratitude on Outgroup Helping via Outgroup Trust. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Helping behavior can be facilitated by many factors, such as gratitude. Research has found that gratitude expression would increase prosocial behavior in an interpersonal context, but not in an intergroup context. Therefore, we aim to find whether and how feelings of gratitude toward outgroups (outgroup gratitude) could promote willingness to help outgroups (outgroup helping). We hypothesize that outgroup gratitude expression would increase more outgroup helping than expression of gratitude in general (general gratitude). Additionally, we explore whether outgroup gratitude would facilitate more outgroup trust, and whether outgroup trust can explain the effect of outgroup gratitude on outgroup helping. In an online experiment on American participants who reside in the United States and are members of the Democratic Party, we measured their level of gratitude towards Republicans (outgroup gratitude) and outgroup trust on outgroup helping. The results showed that outgroup gratitude did not lead to outgroup help. Moreover, outgroup gratitude did not increase outgroup trust, hence outgroup trust did not have a mediator effect on the relationship. We believe that more research is needed to analyze the effect of outgroup gratitude on outgroup helping, which would expand our understanding of the concept behind gratitude on prosociality in intergroup context. Keywords: outgroup gratitude, incidental gratitude, prosocial behavior, outgroup helping, outgroup trust
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Figueiredo Leal, A.L. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Aug 2022 07:35 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Aug 2022 07:35 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1240 |
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