Altruism

November 10, 2021

Altruism is any behavior aimed at improving the welfare of another individual. Altruistic behaviors include donating money, time, blood, bone marrow, and organs and kidneys to help others. We conduct research aimed at understanding why people will undergo risks and make sacrifices to help others, even strangers.

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Amormino, P., Ploe, M. L., & Marsh, A. A.

(2022).

Moral foundations, values, and judgments in extraordinary altruists

In: Scientific Reports, 12, 22111

Amormino, P., O’Connell, K., Vekaria, K. M., Robertson, E. L., Meena, L., & Marsh, A. A.

(2022).

Beliefs about humanity, not higher power, predict extraordinary altruism

In: Journal of Research in Personality 101, 104313

Vieira, J. B., Pierzchajlo, S., Jangard, S., Marsh, A. A., & Olsson, A.

(2022).

Acute anxiety during the Covid-19 pandemic was associated with higher levels of everyday altruism

In: Scientific Reports, 12:18619

Marsh, A. A., Magalhaes, M., Peeler, M., Rose, S., Darton, T. C., Eyal, N., Morrison, J., Shah, Seema K., & Schmit, V.

(2022).

Characterizing altruistic motivation in potential volunteers for SARS-CoV-2 challenge trials

In: PLoS ONE, 17(11): e0275823

Altruism

Related Publications

Moral foundations, values, and judgments in extraordinary altruists

Beliefs about humanity, not higher power, predict extraordinary altruism

Acute anxiety during the Covid-19 pandemic was associated with higher levels of everyday altruism

Characterizing altruistic motivation in potential volunteers for SARS-CoV-2 challenge trials

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