Developmental Pattern of Prosocial Motivation

dc.contributor.authorBoehnke, Klaus
dc.contributor.authorSilbereisen, Rainer K.
dc.contributor.authorEisenberg, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorReykowski, Janusz
dc.contributor.authorPalmonari, Augusto
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-08T17:31:15Z
dc.date.available2019-01-08T17:31:15Z
dc.date.issued1989
dc.descriptionDieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.de
dc.descriptionThis publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.en
dc.description.abstractChanges in patterns of prosocial motivation between Grades 2 and 12 were examined in five samples from four countrics: West Germany, Poland, Italy, and the United States. The Prosocial Motivation Questionnaire (PSMQ), an instrument based on theoretical elaborations about evaluative standards operative in prosocial action, was used to assess within-subject preference for five prosocial motives: hedonism, self-interest, conformity, task orientation, and other-orientation. Studied were two samples from Berlin (West; average age range, 11-6 to 18-6 years) and one sample each from Warsaw (11-11 to 18-11), Bologna (11-6 to 18-11), and Phoenix, Arizona (8-4 to 13-4). The major results held for all cities studied and confirm the generalizability of earlier national findings. Specifically, the major findings were as follows: (1) extrinsic motives for prosocial acts (hedonism and self-interest) were least preferred, whereas intrinsic motives (task and other-orientation) were most highly valued, and conformity was always in between; (2) preference for hedonism decreased in the younger samples, preference for conformity decreased in the older samples, and age-related increases were found only for task orientation; and (3) gender differences emerged at age 12, thus confirming prior findings that girls prefer intrinsic motives more than boys do.en
dc.identifier.eissn1552-5422
dc.identifier.issn0022-0221
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/8834
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-7963
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subject.ddc150 Psychologiede
dc.subject.ddc390 Bräuche, Etikette, Folklorede
dc.subject.otherProsocial Motivation Questionnaireen
dc.subject.otherPSMQen
dc.subject.otherprosocial motivationen
dc.subject.otherstudyen
dc.titleDevelopmental Pattern of Prosocial Motivationen
dc.title.subtitleA Cross-National Studyen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.1177/0022022189203001
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue3
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychologyen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameSAGE Publicationsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceWashington, DCen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend243
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart219
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume20
tub.accessrights.dnbdomain
tub.affiliationFak. 1 Geistes- und Bildungswissenschaften::Inst. Erziehungswissenschaftde
tub.affiliation.facultyFak. 1 Geistes- und Bildungswissenschaftende
tub.affiliation.instituteInst. Erziehungswissenschaftde
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionTechnische Universität Berlinde

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