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| author | Emily Rebecca Kubin |
| title | The Cross-Pressure Model of Ideology and Charitable Giving: Exploring the Role of Religiosity and Attributions for Poverty |
| abstract | The current research proposes a cross-pressure model in examining how political orientation is related to charitable
behaviors that benefit the poor. This cross-pressure model suggests that liberals and conservatives are differentially "pressured" to participate in charitable
behaviors to help the poor. It was predicted that liberals' willingness to donate money and volunteer would be mediated by their tendency to make situational
attributions for poverty. It was also predicted that conservatives' willingness to donate money and volunteer would be mediated by higher levels of religiosity.
Further, the role of political involvement in regards to participation in charity was also explored. Results indicated that religiosity and attributions for
poverty mediated the relationship between political orientation and giving for volunteering, but not for donating money to help the poor. Political ideology
remained a predictor for donating money when controlling for the mediators, but was not significant when participants were considering volunteering to help
the poor. Liberals were more willing to donate money while conservatives were more willing to volunteer to benefit the poor. Further, political involvement
was a significant predictor for both donating money and volunteering. These results provide further contextualization for the complex relationship between
charitable behaviors and political ideology and suggest that future research should examine differences in the motivating factors between donating money
and volunteering |
| school | The College of Liberal Arts, Drew University |
| degree | B.A. (2017) |
| advisor | G. Scott Morgan |
| committee | Hilary Kalagher
Amy Kortiz |
| full text | ERKubin.pdf |
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