Impact of fasting on altruism and self-regulation among young Muslim females

Pages:439-441
Archana Shukla and Tabinda Zaidi (Department of Psychology, Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)

This study focuses on the impact of fasting on altruism and self-regulation among young Muslim females. Sample taken for the present study was 50 young Muslim females age from 18-24 years who keep regular fasts (Roza). The purpose of the present study was to find out the level of altruism and self-regulation among young adults who keep fasts and their relationship with each other. For this purpose, the helping attitude scale, by Nickel 1998 and the self-regulation questionnaire, by Brown and Miller 1999 were used. It was found that the level of altruism and self-regulation is high among young Muslim females who keep fasts and Altruism and Self-regulation are highly correlated.