Coping With Stress In The Age Of Warcraft: A Conceptual Framework For Consumer Escapism
This research explores the phenomenon of consumer escapism within the context of online gaming. While there exist many strategies for coping that involve the consumption of products, escapism through Read More »
Virtual Learning About Alcohol Through Narrative Transportation Into Television Episodes
This research focuses on the health implications of immersing oneself into a virtual story, in our case, a fictional television episode. We pursue this research question in the context of a major Read More »
The Braggart’s Dilemma: On The Social Rewards And Penalties Of Advertising Prosocial Behavior
Public displays of generosity are ubiquitous. People often signal their generosity to others by wearing t-shirts or announcing their good deeds to wide audiences on social networking sites. One Read More »
Author: Jonathan Z. Berman, Emma E. Levine, Alixandra Barasch, Deborah A. Small
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
Leave Them Smiling: How Concretely Framing A Prosocial Goal Creates More Happiness
A growing body of research has demonstrated that behaving prosocially creates a “helper’s high” (Luks, 1988) and increases subjective well-being (Anik et al., 2009; Lyubomirsky et al., 2004; Read More »
Giving To What We Want Instead Of To What We Should
There is a puzzling phenomenon in charitable giving that people give a lot of money to seemingly low-priority causes (e.g., sports fundraisers) while other highly pressing causes remain severely Read More »