The Influence of the Costs Associated with Help-Seeking on the Perceptions of Help-Seekers and Help-Givers
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Help-seeking behavior is when you ask others to help you meet a specific need. Help-seekers consider not only their own costs (e.g., anxiety), but also the costs for the help-givers (e.g., time, effort). In the present study, we focused on the costs attributed to potential help-givers. We conducted an experiment to examine the influence of manipulations to the costs on the perceptions of help-seekers and help-givers, comparing the control condition with each experimental condition (i.e., help-giving, face-saving, and guilt). The results revealed that there were no differences found in the experimental conditions, with the exception of the increased guilt condition. Future research is needed to reconfirm this finding, after further refinement of the manipulations, and an association of a gap between a help-seeker and a help-giver with helpseeking behavior.
Authors: Yasuko Takegahara, Hideo Ambo
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W247083805