1. Attributions of Controllability and Helping Intentions among Students: Moderating Effects of Certain Characteristics of the Helper
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Kramarić, Matea and Kamenov, Željka
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atribucije kontrole ,pomagačko ponašanje ,studenti ,karakteristike studenata ,attributions of controllability ,helping intentions ,students ,student characteristics - Abstract
Previous studies have shown that individual and social factors can moderate the relationship between attributions of controllability, emotions, and helping. The aim of this study was to test the attribution-emotion-helping relationship in the Croatian academic context and to investigate the moderating effects of some student variables, i.e., the helper’s academic field, personal absence from class, and the habit of taking notes in class. We conducted a survey experiment with vignettes describing a student who wants to borrow lecture notes. Participants also estimated how often they take lecture notes and how often they had skipped class in the previous semester. The data were collected from 298 students from three faculties of the University of Zagreb. Although Croatian students generally showed a high willingness to help a classmate in need and the effect of controllability on helping intentions was weak, the results supported the attribution-emotion model. However, the results suggest that some student characteristics may attenuate the relationship between controllability, emotions, and helping. The indirect effect of controllability on helping intentions through sympathy was weaker for participants who frequently skipped classes and rarely had their own lecture notes., Ranija su istraživanja pokazala da individualni i socijalni čimbenici mogu moderirati odnos između atribucija kontrole, emocija i pomaganja. Cilj je ovoga istraživanja bio ispitati odnos između atribucija, emocija i pomagačkih namjera u hrvatskome akademskom okruženju te provjeriti moderiraju li taj odnos neke karakteristike pomagača (sudionikovo studijsko usmjerenje, osobno izostajanje s nastave te navika vođenja bilješki na predavanjima). Proveden je eksperiment s vinjetama koje su opisivale studenta koji želi posuditi bilješke s predavanja. Sudionici su također procijenili u kojoj su mjeri izostajali s nastave prošli semestar te koliko često imaju vlastite bilješke s predavanja. Podaci su prikupljeni od 298 studenata s triju fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Iako su hrvatski studenti općenito pokazali visoku spremnost za pružanje pomoći kolegi te je kontrola uzroka potrebne pomoći imala slab učinak na pomagačke namjere, dobiveni su rezultati u skladu s atribucijskim modelom. Međutim, rezultati također ukazuju na to da neke karakteristike studenata mogu moderirati odnos između atribucija kontrole, emocija i pomaganja. Indirektni učinak kontrole na pomagačke namjere preko pobuđenoga suosjećanja bio je slabiji kod sudionika koji često izostaju s nastave te onih koji rijetko imaju vlastite bilješke s predavanja.
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- 2023