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Enzle, Michael E.; Lowe, Charles A. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1976
Social exchange theory was employed to predict instigative helping behavior as a function of two types of resources available to the recipient for reciprocation (social and non-social). The possibility of influencing reciprocation of both types of resources produced significant increases in subjects' helping. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Helping Relationship, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship
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Salamone, Frank A.; Swanson, Charles H. – Ethnic Groups: An International Periodical of Ethnic Studies, 1979
In this paper, cognitive and behavioral approaches are combined into a theoretical framework for understanding ethnicity. A case study from Yauri, Nigeria, is presented to demonstrate the value of this combined approach. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity, Identification (Psychology)
Wentowski, Gloria J. – 1979
The interactional aspects of support within social networks of the elderly were investigated with a particular focus on the role which reciprocal exchanges play in defining the nature of the support channeled along the links in the network. The sample consisted of 50 adults, 55-83 years of age, living in an urbanized region of North Carolina.…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Behavior Patterns, Coping, Friendship