A study of the influence of altruism, social responsibility, reciprocity, and the subjective norm on online prosocial behavior in adolescence

While the study of offline prosocial behavior has a long tradition, much less information is available about how these behaviors manifest and change in the digital environment, and little is known about their background. This paper evaluates differences by age and gender in a variety of attitudes an...

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Autores: Pastor, Yolanda, Pérez Torres, Vanesa, Thomas Currás, Helena, Lobato Rincón, Luis Lucio, López Sáez, Miguel Ángel, García, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Online prosocial behavior
Altruism
Reciprocity
Social responsibility
Subjective norm
Adolescence
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61 Psicología
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spelling A study of the influence of altruism, social responsibility, reciprocity, and the subjective norm on online prosocial behavior in adolescencePastor, YolandaPérez Torres, VanesaThomas Currás, HelenaLobato Rincón, Luis LucioLópez Sáez, Miguel ÁngelGarcía, AlejandroOnline prosocial behaviorAltruismReciprocitySocial responsibilitySubjective normAdolescencePsicología (Psicología)61 PsicologíaWhile the study of offline prosocial behavior has a long tradition, much less information is available about how these behaviors manifest and change in the digital environment, and little is known about their background. This paper evaluates differences by age and gender in a variety of attitudes and beliefs during adolescence and studies their influence on the online prosocial behavior emitted and received. A cross-sectional study was performed with 1299 participants aged between 14 and 20 from the Region of Madrid (Spain). The Spanish adaptation of the Online Prosocial Behavior Scale and a selection of items from various studies on attitudes and beliefs regarding altruism, direct and indirect reciprocity, social responsibility, and the perception of the subjective norm were administered. The results suggest that female adolescents maintain higher altruism, social responsibility, and indirect reciprocity than males, and that the older age group (18–20 years old) has higher scores in altruism, social responsibility, and direct reciprocity. Together with altruism, the subjective norm, social responsibility, and indirect reciprocity positively influence the online prosocial behavior emitted by adolescents. Indirect reciprocity, the subjective norm and altruism also influence the feeling of receiving online prosocial behaviors from others. Knowing the extent to which adolescents hold prosocial beliefs and which of these beliefs may favor prosocial online behaviors can be beneficial when promoting such beliefs and fostering more positive online conduct, as well as lessening cyberbullying, online hate and any other manifestation of aggressive behavior online.ElsevierUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20242024-01-2320242024-01-23journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/113125reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)InglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2024 PID2022-138281NB-C21open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1131252026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A study of the influence of altruism, social responsibility, reciprocity, and the subjective norm on online prosocial behavior in adolescence
title A study of the influence of altruism, social responsibility, reciprocity, and the subjective norm on online prosocial behavior in adolescence
spellingShingle A study of the influence of altruism, social responsibility, reciprocity, and the subjective norm on online prosocial behavior in adolescence
Pastor, Yolanda
Online prosocial behavior
Altruism
Reciprocity
Social responsibility
Subjective norm
Adolescence
Psicología (Psicología)
61 Psicología
title_short A study of the influence of altruism, social responsibility, reciprocity, and the subjective norm on online prosocial behavior in adolescence
title_full A study of the influence of altruism, social responsibility, reciprocity, and the subjective norm on online prosocial behavior in adolescence
title_fullStr A study of the influence of altruism, social responsibility, reciprocity, and the subjective norm on online prosocial behavior in adolescence
title_full_unstemmed A study of the influence of altruism, social responsibility, reciprocity, and the subjective norm on online prosocial behavior in adolescence
title_sort A study of the influence of altruism, social responsibility, reciprocity, and the subjective norm on online prosocial behavior in adolescence
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pastor, Yolanda
Pérez Torres, Vanesa
Thomas Currás, Helena
Lobato Rincón, Luis Lucio
López Sáez, Miguel Ángel
García, Alejandro
author Pastor, Yolanda
author_facet Pastor, Yolanda
Pérez Torres, Vanesa
Thomas Currás, Helena
Lobato Rincón, Luis Lucio
López Sáez, Miguel Ángel
García, Alejandro
author_role author
author2 Pérez Torres, Vanesa
Thomas Currás, Helena
Lobato Rincón, Luis Lucio
López Sáez, Miguel Ángel
García, Alejandro
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Online prosocial behavior
Altruism
Reciprocity
Social responsibility
Subjective norm
Adolescence
Psicología (Psicología)
61 Psicología
topic Online prosocial behavior
Altruism
Reciprocity
Social responsibility
Subjective norm
Adolescence
Psicología (Psicología)
61 Psicología
description While the study of offline prosocial behavior has a long tradition, much less information is available about how these behaviors manifest and change in the digital environment, and little is known about their background. This paper evaluates differences by age and gender in a variety of attitudes and beliefs during adolescence and studies their influence on the online prosocial behavior emitted and received. A cross-sectional study was performed with 1299 participants aged between 14 and 20 from the Region of Madrid (Spain). The Spanish adaptation of the Online Prosocial Behavior Scale and a selection of items from various studies on attitudes and beliefs regarding altruism, direct and indirect reciprocity, social responsibility, and the perception of the subjective norm were administered. The results suggest that female adolescents maintain higher altruism, social responsibility, and indirect reciprocity than males, and that the older age group (18–20 years old) has higher scores in altruism, social responsibility, and direct reciprocity. Together with altruism, the subjective norm, social responsibility, and indirect reciprocity positively influence the online prosocial behavior emitted by adolescents. Indirect reciprocity, the subjective norm and altruism also influence the feeling of receiving online prosocial behaviors from others. Knowing the extent to which adolescents hold prosocial beliefs and which of these beliefs may favor prosocial online behaviors can be beneficial when promoting such beliefs and fostering more positive online conduct, as well as lessening cyberbullying, online hate and any other manifestation of aggressive behavior online.
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