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Helping: The Influence of Anticipated Social Sanctions and Self‐Monitoring
Author(s) -
White Michael J.,
Gerstein Lawrence H.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1987.tb00427.x
Subject(s) - sanctions , self monitoring , psychology , social psychology , field (mathematics) , political science , law , mathematics , pure mathematics
A field experiment was conducted to examine the influence of social sanctions and self‐monitoring on willingness to help handicapped persons Compared to low self‐monitoring individuals, those high in self‐monitoring tendencies were more likely to offer help if told that significant social rewards were attached to the act of helping, but were less likely to help if led to believe that these consequences were weak Implications for research on helping and self‐monitoring are considered with particular attention being given to the relationship between social sanctions and self‐monitoring