How can people become happier? A systematic review of preregistered experiments

D Folk, E Dunn - Annual Review of Psychology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Can happiness be reliably increased? Thousands of studies speak to this question.
However, many of them were conducted during a period in which researchers commonly “p …

The emotional rewards of prosocial spending are robust and replicable in large samples

LB Aknin, EW Dunn… - Current Directions in …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Past studies show that spending money on other people—prosocial spending—increases a
person's happiness. However, foundational research on this topic was conducted prior to …

Using prosocial behavior to safeguard mental health and foster emotional well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: A registered report of a randomized trial

A Miles, M Andiappan, L Upenieks, C Orfanidis - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic, the accompanying lockdown measures, and their
possible long-term effects have made mental health a pressing public health concern. Acts …

[HTML][HTML] Do videogame rewards influence players' subsequent prosocial engagement? A preregistered partial replication study on the role of reward and reasoning

B Kammermann, S Türkay, D Johnson… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Prosocial behaviours are actions that have a positive impact on others. Those who act
prosocially in videogames are more likely to be prosocial after the game. In-game rewards …

Virtual Rewards, Real World Impact? Investigating the Prosocial Effects of Videogame Reward Salience

B Kammermann, S Türkay, D Johnson… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Prosocial behaviour is crucial in human relationships, enhancing the well-being of both the
helper and the recipient. Using rewards to encourage prosocial behaviour can be effective …

Does self-control promote prosocial behavior? Evidence from a longitudinal tracking study

J Li, Y Chen, J Lu, W Li, S Zhen, D Zhang - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although numerous researches have shown that self-control is a significant promoter of
prosocial behavior, the mechanism behind this relationship is still unclear. According to the …

Beyond the universal perception: Unveiling the paradoxical impact of ethical leadership on employees' unethical pro-organizational behavior

M Ahmed, MI Khan - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Ethical leadership, widely recognized as a positive leadership style, has shown inconsistent
relationships with employees' unethical pro-organizational behavior in the workplace. This …

The effect of prosocial behavior and its intensity on doctors' performance in an online health community

P Zhou, Y Xie, C Liang, J Zhu, S Zhao - Humanities and Social …, 2024 - nature.com
Online health communities (OHCs) are encouraging doctors to engage in prosocial
behaviors to promote sustainable development of OHCs and benefit the user base, which …

Moral identity in relation to emotional well-being: a meta-analysis

M Goering, CN Espinoza, A Mercier, EK Eason… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction This meta-analytic review surveyed previous empirical studies that examined
links between moral identity and indicators of emotional well-being. Additionally, this meta …

The promotive influence of positive moral emotions on prosocial behavior in 3–5‐year‐old children

F Zhao, C Peng, O Turel, Q He… - Asian Journal of Social …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Prosocial behaviour is a hallmark of social and emotional competence during childhood.
Thus, promoting the development of children's prosocial behaviour can have important …