title: Attribution and helping behavior: testing the attribution-affect-help judgment model in a Saudi sample.
abstract: A review of the literature on Weiner's attributional theory indicates that the theory has not been tested in Arabic cultures. The present study examined the reactions of Saudi men toward a friend with AIDS, using Weiner's attributional theory of social motivation. A sample of 298 Saudi men read two different vignettes about a friend with AIDS, in which the cause of AIDS was manipulated. Then the assignment of responsibility, reactions of anger and pity, and participants' willingness to provide help were measured.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202-7136, USA. abdallah.badahdah@und.nodak.edu
authors.forename: Abdallah M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Badahdah
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000786:Anger; D001290:Attitude; D003469:Culture; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires