Teaching Altruistic Behaviour among Adolescent Students

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2016 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 3 Issue 6

Year of Publication : 2016

Authors : Pranjal Buragohain and Nilakshi Senapati

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V3I6P105

How to Cite?

Pranjal Buragohain and Nilakshi Senapati, "Teaching Altruistic Behaviour among Adolescent Students," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 3,  no. 6, pp. 15-20, 2016. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V3I6P105

Abstract:

 Altruism is the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others. The present paper is an attempt to focus on the role of altruism exercises on building altruism among adolescent students. Altruism has a very significant implication on the process of making collective well being of the society. Despite such significance, altruism has been getting less importance in the Indian psychological study. So, present paper is an effort to bridge such gaps in Indian context. Researches, conducted in the field of positive psychology supports that traits like altruism characterizes self-concepts which is high in empathy, high in internal locus of control, less egocentric and socially responsible. Hence, developing certain skills to build altruistic behaviour in a scientific way has become a necessary task. Therefore, the researchers developed an exercise of building altruism and experimented on a group of adolescent students. It was evident from the present research that altruism can significantly be taught and learnt through exercises.

Keywords:

Altruism, altruism exercise, adolescence.

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