Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central preoccupation for clinical
psychologists. Positive Psychology, in contrast, is concerned with the enhancement of …

The present article aimed to elaborate the Prosocial Personality Inventory (PSPI+), gathering
evidence of its validity (factorial and criterion) and reliability. Six traits were hypothesized …

Altruistic behavior, which intentionally benefits a recipient without expectation of a reward or
at a cost to the actor, is observed throughout the lifespan from everyday interactions to …

The purpose of this article is to present research based practices regarding how to conduct
outcome based research with children and adolescents. Specifically, we describe (1) a …

Özgecilik, başkalarının refahı, ihtiyaçları ve mutluluğuyla ilgilenme ve onlara yardım etme
eğilimidir. Bir başka deyişle özgecilik, bireyin kendi çıkarlarına göre hareket etmesinden …

Purpose Utilizing transaction cost economics (TCE) theory as the theoretical underpinning,
this article aims to describe the costs of interpersonal helping and governing mechanisms …

This paper introduces an education for sustainable development (ESD) framework and
professional development system called Teaching for Sustainability and Altruism through …

The purpose of the present study was to provide the means to evaluate the “interval-scaling”
assumption that governs the use of parametric statistics and continuous data estimators in …

Altruistic behavior is a subset of prosocial behavior, aimed at intentionally benefitting
another while incurring a cost to the actor. It develops throughout childhood as underlying …

Auguste Comte, a French sociologist, was the first to coin the term altruism (Rushton &
Sorrentino, 1981), who claimed that humans had fundamental sympathetic drives. Altruism …