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Self-esteem, Similarity, Liking and Helping
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In this paper, the authors found that female students liked and helped similar more than dissimilar partners and that liking for similar partners correlated positively with subject's self-esteem, but no such relationship existed in the case of a dissimilar partner or between liking and helping.Abstract:
112 Female students both liked and helped similar more than dissimilar partners. Liking for similar partners correlated positively with subject's self-esteem, but no such relationship existed in the case of a dissimilar partner, or between liking and helping.read more
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Altruism born of suffering: the roots of caring and helping after victimization and other trauma
TL;DR: This article examined the relation of "altruism born of suffering" to resilience and posttraumatic growth, and suggested psychological changes that may result from these influences and lead to altruistic action: strengthening of the self, a more positive orientation toward people, empathy and belief in one's personal responsibility for others' welfare.
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Helping behavior and altruism: an empirical and conceptual overview
TL;DR: This chapter provides an overview of motivational, cognitive, and situational factors that influence helping behavior and altruism and focuses on the arousal—the cost-reward model.
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How Ideological Migration Geographically Segregates Groups
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors advance the ideological migration hypothesis that individuals choose to live in communities with ideologies similar to their own to satisfy their need to belong, which may contribute to the rise in segregation and polarization of the American electorate.
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How ideological migration geographically segregates groups
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors advance the ideological migration hypothesis that individuals choose to live in communities with ideologies similar to their own to satisfy their need to belong, which may contribute to the rise in cultural, moral, and ideological segregation and polarization of the American electorate.
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Handbook of social psychology
TL;DR: In this paper, Neuberg and Heine discuss the notion of belonging, acceptance, belonging, and belonging in the social world, and discuss the relationship between friendship, membership, status, power, and subordination.
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Interpersonal attraction as a function of self-concept and personality similarity-dissimilarity.
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Self-esteem, attitude similarity, and attraction
Clyde Hendrick,Horace A. Page +1 more
TL;DR: The results showed a strong positive relation between perceived similarity and positive attribution for each of the dependent variables, including liking, sophisticated, intelligent, sincere, happy, and a social distance scale.