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Does Theorizing on Reciprocal Altruism Apply to the Relationships of Individuals with a Spinal Cord Injury?
- Source :
- Scopus-Elsevier, Evolutionary Psychology, 10(5), 818-829. SAGE Publications Inc., Evolutionary Psychology, Vol 10 (2012)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- From the perspective of reciprocal altruism, we examined the role of reciprocity in the close relationships of people inflicted with a spinal cord injury (SCI) ( n = 70). We focused on the help receiver rather than on the help giver. Participants perceived more reciprocity in relationships with friends than in relationships with the partner and with family members. In these last relationships, perceptions of indebtedness were more prevalent than perceptions of deprivation. However, most negative feelings were evoked by a lack of reciprocity in partner relationships, followed by family relationships, and next by friendships. Moreover, depression was especially associated with a lack of perceived reciprocity in the relationships with family, and somewhat less with a lack of perceived reciprocity in the relationship with the partner. These results underline the importance of reciprocity in relationships, but suggest that reciprocity may be more, rather than less important in partner and family relationships.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Social Psychology
SATISFACTION
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Helping behavior
Friends
Norm of reciprocity
Personal Satisfaction
Anger
Altruism (biology)
Developmental psychology
COUPLES FACING CANCER
Behavioral Neuroscience
Interpersonal relationship
reciprocity
Reciprocity (social psychology)
Humans
Disabled Persons
Family
Interpersonal Relations
Reciprocal altruism
EXCHANGE
Spinal Cord Injuries
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Analysis of Variance
General Medicine
Helping Behavior
Altruism
spinal cord injury
LIFE
Sexual Partners
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Feeling
PERCEIVED INEQUITY
depression
Guilt
Regression Analysis
Female
Psychology
Social psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scopus-Elsevier, Evolutionary Psychology, 10(5), 818-829. SAGE Publications Inc., Evolutionary Psychology, Vol 10 (2012)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....60a38b779ed960ee05ea23af3bcac26a