Revisiting the issue of safety in numbers: The likelihood of receiving help from a group
2008; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 3; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/15534510701766181
ISSN1553-4510
Autores Tópico(s)Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
ResumoThis article re‐examines Latané and Nida's (Citation1981) meta‐analysis on the inhibiting effect of groups on helping behavior and highlights the distinction between social inhibition and a victim's likelihood of receiving help. Correcting a minor miscalculation in one of Latané and Nida's analyses indicated that, under restricted communication among bystanders, victims were significantly more likely to receive help from a group than from an individual. New correlational analyses indicated that as group size increased, the likelihood of receiving help increased under restricted communication and did not change under full communication. I address several implications of these new findings, including those regarding the case of Kitty Genovese and the role of communication type in bystander intervention. I also briefly report on recent studies on online requests for help.
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