ArticlePloS one2019
Elevation, an emotion for prosocial contagion, is experienced more strongly by those with greater expectations of the cooperativeness of others.
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- Coalitionality shapes moral elevation: evidence from the U.S. Black Lives Matter protest and counter-protest movements.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Did you donate? Talking about donations predicts compliance with solicitations for donations.PloS one · 2023Article
- Understanding the role of stress, personality and coping on learning motivation and mental health in university students during a pandemic.BMC psychology · 2022Article
- Moved by Social Justice: The Role of Kama Muta in Collective Action Toward Racial Equality.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The Effect of Preceding Self-Control on Green Consumption Behavior: The Moderating Role of Moral Elevation.Psychology research and behavior management · 2021Article
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Abstract
A unique emotion, elevation, is thought to underlie prosocial contagion, a process whereby witnessing a prosocial act leads to acting prosocially. Individuals differ in their propensity to experience elevation, and thus their proneness to prosocial contagion, but little is known about the causes of such variation. We introduce an adaptationist model wherein elevation marks immediate circumstances in which generalized prosociality is advantageous, with this evaluation of circumstances hinging in part on prior expectations of others' prosociality. In 15 studies, we add to evidence that elevation can reliably be elicited and mediates prosocial contagion. Importantly, we confirm a novel prediction-generated by our adaptationist account-that an idealistic attitude, which indexes others' expected degree of prosociality, moderates the relationship between exposure to prosocial cues and experiencing elevation. We discuss how our findings inform both basic theorizing in the affective sciences and translational efforts to engineer a more harmonious world, and we offer future research directions to further test and extend our model.
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