Kulle, K (2022) Does Outgroup Gratitude Predict Outgroup Helping? The Mediating Role of Outgroup Empathy. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Gratitude is a positive emotion which occurs between the benefactor and the beneficiary. Previous research explored the benefits of gratitude in an interpersonal context, such as engaging in prosocial behaviors. However, benefits of gratitude may extend to the intergroup context. Gratitude directed toward the outgroup was explored as a novel factor in this research. This study examined whether and why outgroup gratitude promotes outgroup helping behavior in a political intergroup context in the US. We hypothesized that outgroup gratitude predicts outgroup helping, and outgroup empathy mediated this relationship. An online experiment was conducted including 225 American Democrats. We found no effect of outgroup gratitude on outgroup helping, and outgroup empathy, and thus, outgroup empathy did not play a mediating role. We found a significant indirect effect of outgroup empathy. Theoretical implications of the findings are discussed. Directions for future research are to test the hypothesis in a different intergroup context. Keywords: gratitude, helping behavior, prosocial behavior, empathy, outgroup, intergroup
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Figueiredo Leal, A.L. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Aug 2022 11:18 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Aug 2022 11:18 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1275 |
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