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ArticleBMC psychology2025

Do achievers tend to share goodness with the world? The effect of subjective social status on prosocial risky behavior.

Changlin Liu, Yanan Hong, Huihan Yang, Youlong Zhan, Ping Hu

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Article in BMC psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Changlin LiuDepartment of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China.
Yanan HongDepartment of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China.
Huihan YangDepartment of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China.
Youlong ZhanDepartment of Psychology, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, 411201, China.
Ping HuDepartment of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China. huping@ruc.edu.cn.

Funding

National Social Science Foundation of China (Major Program) 19ZDA021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The crisis of inequality in human society has profound implications, particularly in the context of risky helping dilemmas. This study examined the relationship between subjective social status and prosocial risky behavior (PRB) and its mediating mechanisms at both the trait and situational levels. Study 1 examined the relationship between trait subjective social status, holistic thinking, and PRB intention using a questionnaire. Study 2 further examined the causal relationships between situational subjective social status and PRB, their boundary conditions, and mediating mechanisms using experimental methods. The results showed that low-status individuals (vs. high-status individuals) tended to engage in more PRB for both trait and situational subjective social status. This difference existed only in the high-risk level condition. Furthermore, holistic thinking mediated the relationship between subjective social status and PRB. This has important implications for mitigating the negative impacts of social status disparities on individual psychology and behavior, promoting the enhancement of prosocial levels among individuals of different social statuses in risky situations.

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Risk-TakingSocial BehaviorSocial StatusAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultHolistic thinkingProsocial risky behaviorRisk levelSubjective social status

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PMID40012018
PMCPMC11866616

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