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Series
Fastback volume 26
Publisher
Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[1973]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
This researcher sought to examine the role of helping others as a means to building positive self-concept in adolescence. Specifically, this paper presents the findings of a research study that explored the impact of a youth service trip and the role that altruism had for adolescents enrolled in a therapeutic boarding school. A palpable loneliness borne from a lack of purpose pervades the community of at-risk youth. Knowing the effect altruism has...