Altruistic Attitude of Medical University Graduates as a Predictor of Orientations in Diﬃcult Situations of Assistance

Occupation: head of general psychology chair
Affiliation: Institute of Pedagogy, Psychology and Social technologies
Address: Izhevsk, 426034, Universitetskaya str., 1

E. N. Leonova

Occupation: Lecturer of the Department of Pedagogy, Psychology and Psychosomatic Medicine
Affiliation: Izhevsk State Medical Academy
Address: Russian Federation, Izhevsk

Journal name

Psikhologicheskii zhurnal

Edition

Volume 43 Issue 5

Pages

58-70

Abstract

On a sample of 367 graduates of the Medical Academy (Me = 25; IQR (24; 26); male – 30%, female – 70%), a study was conducted aimed at solving the problem of determining factors of helping behavior in socially significant fields of activity and helping professions. The hypothesis of the study was the assumption that an altruistic attitude with a variability of attitudes and the severity of components has an effect on orientation in difficult situations of assistance with increased resource control of behavior to achieve the subject's goal. Based on the results of the study, a theoretical model of the socio-psychological determination of helping behavior in difficult situations of assistance has been constructed and empirically confirmed. The mechanism of predicting helpful behavior in difficult situations is determined: the altruistic attitude of the individual is a predictor of orientations in difficult situations, that is, it determines a conscious choice of orientations with increased anticipatory activity, manifested in the selectivity of coping resources and regulation of behavior in achieving the goal. It has been empirically revealed that an altruistic attitude based on the variability of relationships and the severity of components has an effect on the orientation in difficult situations of assistance and the anticipatory activity of the subject of coping: 1) the attitude to true altruism focuses on rapprochement with difficult situations of providing assistance for self-improvement and obtaining positive emotions, actualizing the anticipatory activity of the subject of coping; 2) the attitude to pragmatic assistance focuses on optimal efforts in difficult situations of providing assistance for profit, actualizing the anticipatory activity of the subject of coping; 3) the attitude to avoiding helping others focuses on selective rapprochement with difficult situations of assistance, inhibiting the anticipatory activity of the subject of coping; 4) the attitude to inactive egocentrism focuses on distance from difficult situations providing assistance to conserve resources and minimize efforts by inhibiting the anticipatory activity of the coping subject.

Keywords

prosocial behavior, helping behavior, altruism, altruistic attitude, orientation in difficult situations, coping resources, anticipatory activity

Publication date

16.11.2022

Number of characters

29117

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GOST	Khotinets V., Leonova E. Altruistic Attitude of Medical University Graduates as a Predictor of Orientations in Diﬃcult Situations of Assistance // Psikhologicheskii zhurnal – 2022. – V. 43. – Issue 5 C. 58-70 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://psy.jes.su/S020595920022784-8-1 (circulation date: 02.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S020595920022784-8
MLA	Khotinets, V., Leonova, E. N. "Altruistic Attitude of Medical University Graduates as a Predictor of Orientations in Diﬃcult Situations of Assistance." Psikhologicheskii zhurnal 43.5 (2022):58-70. DOI: 10.31857/S020595920022784-8
APA	Khotinets V., Leonova E. (2022). Altruistic Attitude of Medical University Graduates as a Predictor of Orientations in Diﬃcult Situations of Assistance. Psikhologicheskii zhurnal 43(5), pp.58-70 DOI: 10.31857/S020595920022784-8

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