Altruism in Psychiatric Patients: How Socially Concerned Are the Emotionally Disturbed?.

Tolor, Alexander; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ144218

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Altruism in Psychiatric Patients: How Socially Concerned Are the Emotionally Disturbed?

Tolor, Alexander; And Others

Journal of Counsulting and Clinical Psychology, 44, 4, 503-507, Aug 76

The present study addressed the question of whether there would be any differences in altruism expressed by hospitalized mental patients and college students. There were no significant differences on the altruism scale between these two groups. In the devised situation the patients were significantly more altruistic. (Author)

Descriptors: Altruism, College Students, Institutionalized Persons, Interpersonal Relationship, Mental Disorders, Patients, Research Projects, Social Attitudes, Social Behavior, Social Responsibility, Values

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