Empathy and gratitude as Determinants of altruism among a sample of Outstanding Students

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Lecturer of Psychology - Faculty of Arts - Minia University

Abstract

This study aimed to Identify the correlation between  (Empathy, Gratitude) and Altruism ,and Identify The role of  Empathy and Gratitude in Predicting Altruism  for Outstanding Students ,and also, Explained the Differences of Gender of Outstanding Students   in the variables study, The Sample of The Study Contain (70) Outstanding Students ,This study depended on Three Scales (Empathy scale Prepared by the researcher - Gratitude scale  Prepared by the researcher - Altruism scale  Prepared by the researcher), The results of The Study Concluded That There is a Statistically Significant Positive Correlation  Between (Empathy-Gratitude), and Altruism among Outstanding Students and the Results Show Empathy and  Gratitude Contribute to the prediction of Altruism  for Outstanding Students   ,The Results Show There are No Significant Differences in (Empathy-Altruism- Gratitude ) were found between Males and  females Students.

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