The contribution of agreeableness and self-efficacy beliefs to prosociality

Gian Vittorio Caprara; Guido Alessandri; Laura di Giunta; Laura Panerai; Nancy Eisenberg

doi:10.1002/per.739

The contribution of agreeableness and self-efficacy beliefs to prosociality

Gian Vittorio Caprara, Guido Alessandri, Laura di Giunta, Laura Panerai, Nancy Eisenberg

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The present study examined how agreeableness and self-efficacy beliefs about responding empathically to others' needs predict individuals' prosociality across time. Participants were 377 adolescents (66% males) aged 16 at Time 1 and 18 at Time 2 who took part at this study. Measures of agreeableness, empathic self-efficacy and prosociality were collected at two time points. The findings corroborated the posited paths of relations to assigning agreeableness a major role in predicting the level of individuals' prosociality. Empathic self-efficacy beliefs partially mediated the relation of agreeableness to prosociality. The posited conceptual model accounted for a significant portion of variance in prosociality and provides guidance with respect to interventions aimed at promoting prosociality.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	36-55
Number of pages	20
Journal	European Journal of Personality
Volume	24
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/per.739
State	Published - Feb 2010

Keywords

Agreeableness
Empathic self-efficacy beliefs
Prosociality

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Social Psychology

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