Indicators of altruism based on Islamic culture

The characteristics of Self-sacrifice have been defined in different religious sources. Meanwhile¡ various psychological theories¡ based on their views about human¡ have a different view about Self-sacrifice. The purpose of this study is to provide psychological indicators about Self-sacrifice based on Islamic culture.
this is a qualitative study. Quantitative instruments were used to investigate the data. This study was done by data obtained from libraries and surveys of experts. The survey instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population of the study includes all libraries¡ Islamic research sources¡ psychological sources about Self-sacrifice¡ religious experts and psychologists familiar with the concept of Self-sacrifice.Statistical software spss 19¡ non-parametric Friedman tests¡ chi-square test¡ and co-related averages test was used to analyze the survey data.
by studying religious and psychological texts and consultation with relevant experts¡ 63 indicators were evaluated¡ 5 of them were excluded¡ and therefore 58 indicators with high correlation were selected as final parameters and were classified in 6 groups. The index of God-centrality had the highest alpha (0.95) and the index of benevolence and love others had the lowest alpha (0.765).
Various indicators have been proposed for the Self-sacrifice which are available in religious sources. A person¡ who sacrifices his life¡ considers rewards more than materialistic and worldly results¡ which are considered as a base for behaviors in some known psychological theories.