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In recent years several attempts have been made to describe motivational mechanisms underlying altruistic behavior and various mechanisms have been proposed (see Karylowski, 1977, 1982a, for a review). There now seems to be an emerging consensus that altruism is a polimotivated phenomenon and that one-factor theories are insufficient (cf. Bar-Tal, 1976; Piliavin, Dovidio, Gaertner, & Clark, 1981; Reykowski, 1975, 1979; Rushton, 1980; Staub, 1978).
Research reported in this chapter was done at the University of Warsaw as part of Project 11.8 sponsored by the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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Karylowski, J. (1984). Focus of Attention and Altruism. In: Staub, E., Bar-Tal, D., Karylowski, J., Reykowski, J. (eds) Development and Maintenance of Prosocial Behavior. Critical Issues in Social Justice, vol 31. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2645-8_9
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