Pathological Altruism

Behavior in which attempts to promote the welfare of another, or others, results instead in harm that an external observer would conclude was reasonably foreseeable. Contrast with altruism.

Reference:

Oakley, B. A. (2013). Concepts and implications of altruism bias and pathological altruism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110 (supplement_2), 10408-10415. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1302547110