Theories of human altruism: a systematic review

Feigin, Svetlana; Owens, Glynn; Goodyear‐Smith, Felicity

doi:10.7243/2055-3447-1-5

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“…The interview data were analyzed using the inductive approach to qualitative data analysis, in particular, the thematic analysis technique, which is a method of identifying and interpreting patterned meaning across the collected data. The analysis approach comprised six phases, including coding, searching, reviewing, defining, and naming themes and then weaving together the analytic narrative, data quotes, and discussion in light of the existing literature [18]. In this study, the data analysis was undertaken separately by the first and second authors of this study to strengthen the analysis process by supplementing and contesting each other's statements [19].…”

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“It feels like I’m the dirtiest person in the world.”

Almutairi

Adlan

Balkhy

et al. 2018

Journal of Infection and Public Health

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In summer 2015, a Saudi 1000-bed tertiary care hospital experienced a serious outbreak among patients of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS); during which, some healthcare providers contracted the virus, but none died. The outbreak provoked not only fear and stress; but also professional, emotional, ethical, and social conflicts and tension among healthcare providers and patients alike. Therefore, this study aims to explore what healthcare providers, who survived coronavirus infection, have experienced as a MERS patient and how the infection affected their relationship with their colleagues. Semi-structured, face-to-face interviews were conducted individually with seven survivors (healthcare providers). Each interview lasted up to 90min, and the data were analyzed using the thematic analysis technique. Within the participants' rich and illuminating experiences, four themes were identified: caring for others in the defining moments, perceived prejudice behaviours and stigmatization, lived moments of traumatic fear and despair, and denial and underestimation of the seriousness of the disease at the individual and organizational levels. Survivors still suffered as a result of their traumatic experiences, which might negatively influence their performance. As these survivors are vulnerable, it is their organization's responsibility to provide a system that embraces HCPs during and after disastrous events.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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“It feels like I’m the dirtiest person in the world.”

Almutairi

Adlan

Balkhy

et al. 2018

Journal of Infection and Public Health

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“…Along these lines, it is suggested (Berliner and Masterson, 2015;Feigin et al, 2014) that empathy does not always lead to altruistic action and indeed could lead away from it. The origins of altruism are a desire to interact and co-operate with others (Dahl and Brownell, 2019); thus, children might initially participate in helping behaviours because they want to be involved or because they see such behaviour as the social norm (Feigin et al, 2014). Dahl and Brownell (2019) give the example of the young child helping to tidy up initially from the perspective of joining in.…”

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Engaging Children in Meaningful Charity: Opening‐up the Spaces within Which Children Learn to Give

2019

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This paper presents qualitative evidence from an in‐depth, participative action research project with 150 children aged 4–8 years old, exploring their experiences, perceptions and preferences regarding charitable giving. Most children positively engage in charitable giving through home, school and their community; however, less than 20% are aware of the cause area they are being asked to support, and most have little decision‐making in their giving. Children’s willingness to engage increases when they critically examine the cause area and are facilitated to lead on giving decisions, often resulting in increased and sustained efforts to support cause areas that matter to them.

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“…Previous research has established two sub‐components of empathy, empathetic concern (also known as trait empathy) and perspective‐taking (also known as cognitive empathy) and findings demonstrate that both of these drive costly altruism (FeldmanHall, Dalgleish, Evans, & Mobbs, ), that is the tendency to help, comfort and share self‐interest with other people. The core features of altruism involve self‐sacrificing voluntarily and intentionally with the primary goal of helping another individual (Baston, ; Eisenberg & Miller, ; Feigin, Owens, & Goodyear‐Smith, ).…”

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The effects of empathy, perceived injustice and group identity on altruistic preferences: Towards compensation or punishment

2018

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Previous research supports that both empathic concern and perspective‐taking are predictors of altruistic behaviours in dictator games. Less is known, however, about how the identity of the victim and the perpetrator and the strength of ingroup identity of the observer in such games impacts upon preferences for altruistic compensation and punishment. Focusing on gender identity, the present research aimed to examine the effects of empathy, perceived injustice and ingroup identity strength on preferences for altruistic compensation and punishment. Female adult participants (n = 116) were recruited through an online survey conducted in the United Kingdom. Using a dictator‐style game, participants were randomly assigned to observe either a male or female distributing resources to a female victim, after which they were asked to rate their feelings of injustice and then completed a series of measures including empathic concern, perspective‐taking and strength of gender identity. Results demonstrate that empathic concern and perspective‐taking predicted third‐party altruistic preferences but there was no effect of experimental condition (perpetrator identity). Results have implications for promoting perspective‐taking‐focused empathy intervention in occasions where distributive inequality or intergroup bias frequently occurs. These are also the insight to female’s awareness of gender equality and a novel enforce of norm violations.

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Theories of human altruism: a systematic review

Cited by 99 publications

References 56 publications

“It feels like I’m the dirtiest person in the world.”

“It feels like I’m the dirtiest person in the world.”

Engaging Children in Meaningful Charity: Opening‐up the Spaces within Which Children Learn to Give

The effects of empathy, perceived injustice and group identity on altruistic preferences: Towards compensation or punishment

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