Adults often understand their lives by constructing personal stories and then living into them. Time and time again, a positive relation has been found between the tendency to build redemptive personal stories wherein negative and challenging experiences ultimately give way to positive endings and prosocial behavior. Here, I review the relevant literature in the interest of advancing the notion that redemptive stories and prosociality exist in a virtuous cycle. Engaging in prosocial acts can stimulate the redemptive framing of one's past. By the same measure, once formed, individuals work to bring the story to life, and the ethos of redemption holds the potential to stimulate and sustain prosocial behavior.

成年人通常通过构建个人故事然后融入其中来理解他们的生活。一次又一次地，人们发现建立救赎性个人故事的倾向之间存在积极关系，其中消极和具有挑战性的经历最终让位于积极的结局和亲社会行为。在这里，我回顾了相关文献，以推进救赎故事和亲社会性存在于良性循环中的概念。参与亲社会行为可以激发一个人过去的救赎框架。同样，一旦形成，个人就会努力将故事变为现实，而救赎的精神具有激发和维持亲社会行为的潜力。