A social psychological examination of actions concerning poverty

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In the field of intergroup prosocial behavior, which has recently begun to be included in the field of social psychology, studies examining actions concerning poverty have also recently begun. However, both in the case of Turkey and for the field as a whole, there is still much to be examined from the perspective of intergroup prosociality regarding poverty. Three studies were conducted to examine the role of ideological orientations, causal attributions of poverty and emotions on poverty-related actions. The first study showed that participants explained poverty largely through structural inequalities, that sympathy was their most prominent emotion concerning poverty, and that charity was the prominent action engaged. Additionally, it was observed that charity was a type of action used by both rightand left-oriented participants, while sociopolitical action was practiced only by leftoriented participants. While the role of sympathy emotions such as sadness and compassion were observed in charitable actions, it was observed that leftist ideological orientation and feelings of outrage were distinctive in engagement in sociopolitical action. Study 2a tested the factor structures of the scales developed within the scope of this thesis and previously in order to test the hypotheses of the study. Study 2b tested the pathways to activist and benevolent support, which are two different types of intergroup prosocial behavior. The results revealed that pathways to activist support differed in terms of ideology and anger about poverty, whereas pathways to charitable support were similar in terms of sympathy

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intergroup prosociality, political ideology, emotions, activism, benevolence

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M. Fidan, “A social psychological examination of actions concerning poverty,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2022.