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  • Social Psychology
  • Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Individual values are key determinants of behavior.
  • Prior research on values and helping behavior often lacks cross-cultural perspectives.
  • Understanding cultural variations in value-behavior links is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between personal value types and helping behavior.
  • To examine these relationships across four distinct cultures: Germany, Scotland-UK, Israel, and Turkey.
  • To determine if cultural context moderates the link between values and helping.

Main Methods:

  • Survey methodology employed with 722 university students.
  • Assessment of personal value types using established psychological frameworks.
  • Measurement of self-reported helping behaviors.
  • Cross-cultural comparative analysis of correlational data.

Main Results:

  • Across all cultures, self-transcendence values showed a positive correlation with helping behavior.
  • Self-enhancement and openness to change values demonstrated a negative correlation with helping behavior.
  • The pattern of correlations between value types and helping behavior was consistent across the four studied cultures.

Conclusions:

  • Personal values, particularly self-transcendence, are significant predictors of helping behavior.
  • The fundamental relationships between core personal values and helping behavior appear universal, not culturally bound.
  • Future research should explore other cultural contexts and specific types of helping behavior.