The
Effect of Amount of Help, Resource Control, Donor's Sex and Recipient's
Sex on Acceptance of Aid
L. Krishnan & D.W. Carment |
This
experiment investigated immediate recipient reactions (acceptance
or refusal) to help as determined by the amount of help offered,
resource control (whether the donor owned the resources offered,
or was acting as an agent in giving them away), and the donor's and
recipient's sex. The frequency of acceptance of aid in a task-performance
setting, latency of acceptance or refusal, and the amount of help
accepted were analyzed. Findings indicated that the latency of acceptance
was significantly shorter than that of refusal, and was affected
jointly by all three factors studied. Proportionately less help was
accepted when a Large amount of resources was offered than when a
Small amount was offered. Both the likelihood of acceptance and the
amount of help accepted tended to be greater under agency than under
Ownership. Moreover, the likelihood of acceptance of help tended
to be distinctively lower in female donor-male recipient dyads than
in the other dyads. These findings were explained in terms of the
nature of the task, indebtedness and sex-role stereotypes.
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