Communication and Helping Behavior: The Effects of Information, Reinforcement, and Sex on Helping Responses.

Bostrom, Robert N.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ254898

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1981

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Communication and Helping Behavior: The Effects of Information, Reinforcement, and Sex on Helping Responses.

Bostrom, Robert N.; And Others

Communication Quarterly, v29 n3 p147-55 Sum 1981

Studied communication effects--whether the content of the message as exemplified in reinforcing and informative material has more significance in helping requests than do other factors such as the sex of the requester and responder. (PD)

Descriptors: Adults, Altruism, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Content Analysis, Females, Information Dissemination, Interaction, Males, Reinforcement, Sex Differences, Social Exchange Theory, Speech Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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