Scaffidi Abbate Costanza, Misuraca Raffaella, Vaccaro Chiara, Roccella Michele, Vetri Luigi, Miceli Silvana
Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2022 Aug 12;13:945630. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.945630. eCollection 2022.
The present study tested the effect of priming the concept of prosociality on the bystander effect in an online environment. Participants were sent an e-mail requesting a plea for help and randomly assigned to one of four conditions in a 2 (Bystander: 0 vs. 14) × 2 (Priming: present vs. absent) design. The results demonstrated support for the study hypothesis. As expected, the virtual presence of many others significantly reduced e-mail responsiveness except when the request for help is preceded by prosocial priming. Implications of these findings for the literature on the bystander effect and priming are discussed.
本研究考察了在网络环境中启动亲社会概念对旁观者效应的影响。研究人员向参与者发送了一封请求帮助的电子邮件,并根据2(旁观者:0名与14名)×2(启动:存在与不存在)的设计,将他们随机分配到四个条件之一。结果支持了研究假设。正如预期的那样,许多其他人的虚拟存在显著降低了电子邮件回复率,但当求助请求之前有亲社会启动时除外。本文讨论了这些发现对旁观者效应和启动相关文献的意义。