ABSTRACT This study investigated the- influence of Christian religious affiliation, gender and locality on altruism. Three hundred and twenty-one staff (Christians) from the randomly selected local government secretariats of Anambra State, Nigeria, voluntarily participated in the study. Three hypotheses were postulated and tested. The instrument for data collection was the self-report altruism scale adapted from Rushton, Chris-John and Fekken (1981), where Cronbach reliability alpha of 0.72 was obtained after the analysis of pilot study. Data analysis using 3 way ANOVA (Ftest) indicated no significant influence of Christian religious affiliation on altruism, but there was significant influence of gender and locality on altruism, F(321=14.72, P
TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter One:
introduction , . 1
Statement of the Problem 11
Purpose of the Study 12
Operational Definition 12
Chapter Two: .
Evolutionary theory of Altruism . 14
Social exchange theory of Altruism
Defensive theory of Altruism 20
The negative state relief theory of Altruism 21
Role models and social normative theory of Altruism 21
Empathy-Altruism theory: The pure motive for Altruism 23
Empirical Review 26
Christian Religious affiliation and Altruism 26
Gender and Altruism 27
Locality and Altruism 30
Summary of Literature Review 31
Hypotheses , 32 f - -
Chapter Three
Method 33
Participants . . -*3
Instrument 33
Procedure 34
Design/Statistic ^5
Chapter Four
Results . 36
Chapter Five
Discussion
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Implications of Findings 41
Limitation of Study , 41
Suggestion for future Studies 41
Recommendation 42
Summary/Conclusion ' .
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References 43
Appendix I 52
Appendix II 56
Appendix III . .
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