Effects of Age, Gender, and Participation in Volunteer Activities on the Altruistic Behavior of Chinese Adolescents
- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in The Journal of Genetic Psychology
- Vol. 159 (2), 195-201
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00221329809596145
Abstract
Possible associations of gender, age, and participation in volunteer activities with altruistic behavior of Chinese adolescents were investigated. A representative sample of 1,105 Hong Kong Chinese adolescents (457 boys, 648 girls) were recruited from 20 schools. Results of multiple regression analyses indicated that there was a positive age effect on altruistic behavior. In addition, a positive association between self-reported altruistic behavior and frequency of participation in volunteer activities was found. No gender differences were found.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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