Abstract
Commentary: Greater Emotional Gain from Giving in Older Adults: Age-Related Positivity Bias in Charitable Giving.
Highlights
Specialty section: This article was submitted to Cognition, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
By showing that increasing age is associated with stronger feelings of sympathy and compassion and that older adults are more likely to report feeling positive emotions when making donations, Bjalkebring et al (2016) connect the literature on age-related positivity biases to the literature on philanthropy
It makes sense that Bjalkebring et al (2016) focused primarily on emotional differences between older and younger adults, as the bulk of the literature on charitable giving has shown that people often give to charity for emotional reasons, and respond more strongly to emotional appeals for donations (e.g., Loewenstein and Small, 2007; Huber et al, 2011)
Summary
Specialty section: This article was submitted to Cognition, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology. A commentary on Greater Emotional Gain from Giving in Older Adults: Age-Related Positivity Bias in Charitable Giving by Bjalkebring, P., Västfjäll, D., Dickert, S., and Slovic, P.
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