¿Ayudamos cuando la situación de necesidad es abstracta?: El efecto prosocial de la disposición a incluir el macro-ambiente en el espacio vital

• Autores: Sergio Salgado, Carolina González-Suhr, Luis Venancio Oceja Fernández
• Localización: Anales de psicología, ISSN-e 1695-2294, ISSN 0212-9728, Vol. 29, Nº. 2, 2013, págs. 583-589
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.6018/analesps.29.2.136351
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  • español

    En este trabajo se analiza el efecto prosocial de la inclusión del macro-ambiente en el espacio vital. Es decir, se propone que la medida en que las personas perciben que su vida se desarrolla en contextos ambienta-les amplios (p.ej., la sociedad y el mundo) facilita la conducta prosocial cuando la situación de necesidad se presenta de modo abstracto (p.ej., muy amplia y lejana). Para comprobar esta hipótesis se realizaron dos estudios. En el Estudio 1 se construyó y analizó un instrumento de medida del grado en que se incluye el ambiente macro en el espacio vital (EV-macro). En el Estudio 2, se incluyó una manipulación del tipo de situación de necesidad (abstracta vs. concreta). Los resultados mostraron que el EV-macro se rela-cionó con una mayor conducta prosocial cuando la necesidad fue planteada en términos relativamente más abstractos.

  • English

    We analyze the prosocial effect of including the macro-environment in life space. Namely, it is proposed that the extent to which people perceive that their life takes place in broader environmental con-texts (e.g., the society, the world) will facilitate prosocial behavior when the situation of need is presented in an abstract fashion (e.g., very broad and distant). Two studies were conducted to test this hypothesis. In Study 1, we created and tested an instrument to measure the extent to which the macro-environment is included in life space (EV-macro). In Study 2 was included a manipulation of the kind of the need situation (abstract vs. con-crete). Results showed that the EV-macro was related to prosocial behavior when the need was presented in relatively more abstract terms.

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