reisenzein1986: Reisenzein data

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Description

This dataset comes from Reisenzein (1986). In this paper Reisenzein designed a randomized experiment to test Weiner's attribution-affect model of helping behavior. According to this theory, whether people help others is determined by their anger or sympathy. Anger and sympathy are affected by perceived controllability. If the individuals have gotten into difficult situations as a result of their own controllable actions, then this negatively affects sympathy and positively affects anger of the potential helpers. The opposite holds if the situation seems beyond the individuals’ control. This data comes from an experiment that describes a person collapsing and lying on the floor of a subway. Subjects were told that the person was either drunk (controllable situation) or ill (uncontrollable situation). This randomized story was intended to affect perceptions of controllability, and controllability in turn affected feelings of sympathy and anger. Finally, sympathy should positively affect helping behavior while anger would negatively affect helping.

Usage

reisenzein1986

Format

A data frame with 138 rows and 13 variables

Details

• Z1. Eliciting Situation

• Z2. How controllable, do you think, is the cause of the person's present condition? (1 = not at all under personal control, 9 = completely under personal control).

• Z3. How responsible, do you think, is that person for his present condition? (1 = not at all responsible, 9 = very much responsible).

• Z4. I would think that it was the person's own fault that he is in the present situation. (1 = no. not at all. 9 = yes, absolutely so).

• Z5. How much sympathy would you feel for that person? (1 = none at all. 9 = very much).

• Z6. I would feel pity for this person. (1 = none at all, 9 = very much).

• Z7. How much concern would you feel for this person? (1 = none al all, 9 = very much).

• Z8. How angry would you feel at that person? (1 = not at all, 9 = very much).

• Z9. How irritated would you feel by that person? (1 = not at all, 9 = very much).

• Z10. I would feel aggravated by that person. (1 = not at all, 9 = very much so).

• Z11. How likely is it that you would help that person? (1 = definitely would not help. 9 = definitely would help).

• Z12. How certain would you feel that you would help the person? (1 = not at all certain. 9 = absolutely certain).

• Z13. Which of the following actions would you most likely engage in? 1 = not help at all; 2 = try to alert other bystanders, but stay uninvolved myself; 3 = try to inform the conductor or another official in charge; 4 = go over and help the person to a seat; 5 = help in any way that might be necessary, including if necessary first aid and/or accompanying the person to a hospital.

References

Reisenzein, R. (1986). A Structural Equation Analysis of Weiner's Attribution-Affect Model of Helping Behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50(6), 1123–33.

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