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Helping Behavior, Dispositional Empathic Concern, and the Principle of Care

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This research investigates the relative strength of two correlates of helping behavior: dispositional empathic concern and a moral principle to care about others. The empathy–helping and care–helping relationships are investigated using data from the General Social Survey, a nationally representative random sample of the U.S. adult population. Ten helping behaviors are investigated. The results show that the care–helping relationship is stronger than the empathy–helping relationship for most helping behaviors, and that the empathy–helping relationship is mediated by the principle of care. That dispositional empathic concern is mediated by the principle of care requires new theoretical interpretations of the empathy–helping relationship, and suggests new directions for research on helping behavior.

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Social Psychology Quarterly

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: sage publisher., 2010

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English

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01902725

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Vol. 73, No. 1, March 2010. pp. 11-32

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Prosocial Behavior
Empathy
Moral development
Moral identity

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