TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of contest participation and contest outcome on subsequent prosocial behavior
AU - Moyal, Adiel
AU - Ritov, Ilana
N1 - Funding Information:
Israel Science Foundation Grant 1821/12.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Moyal, Ritov. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Following previous research on various aspects of contests, we aim to explore how taking part in a contest affects subsequent behavior. We focus on whether the experience of having just competed in a contest, beyond its outcome, would have an impact on other-regarding decisions towards an individual who was not part of the preliminary contest. In addition, in light of inconclusive results in the existing literature regarding the effect of contest outcome on subsequent prosociality, we reexamine this effect. In line with our hypothesis, participation in a contest was found to reduce prosociality. Additionally, we found that winning a contest reduced prosociality only when decisions were framed as “giving” decisions and not as “dividing” decisions. This finding suggests that the effect of contest outcome may depend on specific elements of the presented situations.
AB - Following previous research on various aspects of contests, we aim to explore how taking part in a contest affects subsequent behavior. We focus on whether the experience of having just competed in a contest, beyond its outcome, would have an impact on other-regarding decisions towards an individual who was not part of the preliminary contest. In addition, in light of inconclusive results in the existing literature regarding the effect of contest outcome on subsequent prosociality, we reexamine this effect. In line with our hypothesis, participation in a contest was found to reduce prosociality. Additionally, we found that winning a contest reduced prosociality only when decisions were framed as “giving” decisions and not as “dividing” decisions. This finding suggests that the effect of contest outcome may depend on specific elements of the presented situations.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0240712
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0240712
M3 - Article
C2 - 33141829
AN - SCOPUS:85095584360
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 15
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
IS - 11 November
M1 - e0240712
ER -