This type of altruism can result in unhealthy levels of self-sacrifice, enabling destructive behaviors or worsening situations despite good intentions. For instance, many participants high on ...

Gino, F., S. Ayal, and D. Ariely. "Self-serving Altruism? The Lure of Unethical Actions That Benefit Others." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 93 (September 2013): 285–292.

scale and a modernized version of the Self-Report Altruism (SRA) scale. These scales assessed how desirable participants found altruistic behaviors in potential partners and how altruistic they ...

By Santura Pegram Most dictionaries, in this instance Merriam-Webster, define altruism (al-tru-ism) as 1: unselfish regard ...