Is helping you helping me? The assessment of helping others using event sampling methodology in a clinical and a non‐clinical sample

Autor: Andrew T. Gloster, Marcia T. B. Rinner, Elisa Haller, Jürgen Hoyer, Thorsten Mikoteit, Christian Imboden, Martin Hatzinger, Klaus Bader, Marcel Miché, Roselind Lieb, Andrea H. Meyer
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: British Journal of Social Psychology. 62:768-781
ISSN: 2044-8309
0144-6665
Popis: Individuals diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD) and social phobia (SP) have difficulties in social interactions. It is unknown, however, whether such difficulties prevent them from helping others, thereby depriving them of the natural benefits of helping, such as receiving gratitude. Using event sampling methodology (ESM), individuals (MDD, n = 118; SP, n = 47; and control group, n = 119) responded to questions about the frequency of helping, in total at 5333 time points, and their well-being. Contrary to our hypothesis, individuals in the MDD, SP and control group did not differ in their helping frequency. Results did show an association between helping and well-being, such that helping is related to well-being and well-being to helping. Understanding the complex relation of helping others and well-being and how this might be used during therapy and prevention programmes are discussed.
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