TY - JOUR
T1 - Altruistic behaviors and cooperation among gifted adolescents
AU - Salem, Ashraf Atta M.S.
AU - Abdelsattar, Mahfouz
AU - Abu Al-Diyar, Mosaad
AU - Al-Hwailah, Amthal H.
AU - Derar, Esraa
AU - Al-Hamdan, Nadiah A.H.
AU - Tilwani, Shouket Ahmad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Salem, Abdelsattar, Abu Al-Diyar, Al-Hwailah, Derar, Al-Hamdan and Tilwani.
PY - 2022/8/11
Y1 - 2022/8/11
N2 - The present study is a differential study that describes the nature of the relationship between cooperation and altruistic behavior in a sample of gifted adolescents in three universities in Egypt and Kuwait University. It also identified the differences between males/females, and senior students/junior students in both cooperation and altruism. A total of 237 gifted adolescents—with average age 21.3 ± SD 2.6 years—from three Egyptian universities: Alexandria University, Sadat Academy for Management Sciences, and Suez University (in Egypt), and Kuwait University, were involved in this study. Measures used in the study include the Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students (SRBCSS), Generative Altruism Scale (GAlS), and The Cooperative/Competitive Strategy Scale (CCSS). Results revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between altruism and cooperation among gifted adolescents. Also, findings show that there are statistically significant differences between males and females in both altruism and cooperation. In addition, there are differences statistically significant between senior students and junior students in both altruism and cooperation in favor of senior students. It is recommended that altruism and cooperation intervention-based programs should be designed to increase the adaptive behaviors of adolescents.
AB - The present study is a differential study that describes the nature of the relationship between cooperation and altruistic behavior in a sample of gifted adolescents in three universities in Egypt and Kuwait University. It also identified the differences between males/females, and senior students/junior students in both cooperation and altruism. A total of 237 gifted adolescents—with average age 21.3 ± SD 2.6 years—from three Egyptian universities: Alexandria University, Sadat Academy for Management Sciences, and Suez University (in Egypt), and Kuwait University, were involved in this study. Measures used in the study include the Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students (SRBCSS), Generative Altruism Scale (GAlS), and The Cooperative/Competitive Strategy Scale (CCSS). Results revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between altruism and cooperation among gifted adolescents. Also, findings show that there are statistically significant differences between males and females in both altruism and cooperation. In addition, there are differences statistically significant between senior students and junior students in both altruism and cooperation in favor of senior students. It is recommended that altruism and cooperation intervention-based programs should be designed to increase the adaptive behaviors of adolescents.
KW - altruistic behaviors
KW - cooperation
KW - cooperation theory
KW - giftedness
KW - indirect reciprocity
KW - kin selection
KW - reciprocal altruism
KW - social desirability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85136574878&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.945766
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.945766
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85136574878
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 13
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 945766
ER -