THE SIZE OF ONLOOKERS AS A PREDICTOR OF ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOUR AMONG TERTIARY INSTITUTION STUDENTS IN OGUN STATE

Authors

  • Kayode Ige Joseph Departmen of Educational Psychology, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode – Nigeria.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35386/ser.v8i1.419

Keywords:

Onlookers, Predictor, Altruistic Behavior, Students, Institutions

Abstract

There had been raging controversies on the effect of bystanders/onlookers on altruistic behaviour. While results show no significant effect of size of onlookers others show significant effect. This study, which focuses on altruistic behaviour of the Nigerian students is quite apposite. One hundred and eighty tertiary institution students in Ogun State were used with the same number of male and female. The instrument used was Self- Report Altruism Scale (SRAS) which was adapted from Rushton et a1 (1981) scale. The time taken for a subject to respond was also used. It was found that lone subject helped more than when in company of others. Also the less the number of onlookers the more the likelihood of helping.

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Published

2020-09-15

How to Cite

Joseph, K. I. (2020). THE SIZE OF ONLOOKERS AS A PREDICTOR OF ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOUR AMONG TERTIARY INSTITUTION STUDENTS IN OGUN STATE. Sokoto Educational Review, 8(1), 71–81. https://doi.org/10.35386/ser.v8i1.419

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2006): Sokoto Educational Review

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