This volume provides students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of all the major topics in social motivation, one of the fastest-growing areas of research. All contributors are renowned specialists in their field who provide in-depth and integrated coverage of the major empirical and theoretical contributions in their area.

D. Dunning, Social Motivation: Some Introductory Notes. J.H. Park, A.P. Buunk, Interpersonal Threats and Automatic Motives. M.R. Leary, A.B. Allen, Belonging Motivation: Establishing, Maintaining, and Repairing Relational Value. H.S. Kim, T.Q. Chu, Cultural Variation in the Motivation of Self-Expression. G.M. Walton, G.L. Cohen, Sharing Motivation. C.D. Batson, N. Ahmad, E.L. Stocks, Four Forms of Prosocial Motivation: Egoism, Altruism, Collectivism, and Principlism. C.A. Mannino, M. Snyder, A.M. Omoto, Why Do People Get Involved? Motivations for Volunteerism and Other Forms of Social Action. D. Dunning, D. Fetchenhauer, Understanding the Psychology of Trust. P.H. Mehta, R.A. Josephs, Social Endocrinology: Hormones and Social Motivation. F. Pratto, I. Lee, J.Y. Tan, E.V. Pitpitan, Power Basis Theory: A Psycho-ecological Approach to Power. J.T. Jost, System Justification Theory as Compliment, Complement, and Corrective to Theories of Social Identification and Social Dominance.