Measuring Prosocial Behaviors: Psychometric Properties and Cross-National Validation of the Prosociality Scale in Five Countries.

Autor: Luengo Kanacri BP; Department of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile., Eisenberg N; Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Arizona, AZ, United States., Tramontano C; Centre for Research in Psychology, Behavior and Achievement, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom., Zuffiano A; Department of Psychology, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy., Caprara MG; Department of Psychology and Health, Open University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain., Regner E; Universidad Católica de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Argentina., Zhu L; Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China., Pastorelli C; Department of Psychology, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy., Caprara GV; Department of Psychology, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2021 Jul 22; Vol. 12, pp. 693174. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 22 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.693174
Abstrakt: This research investigated the psychometric properties of the Prosociality Scale and its cross-cultural validation and generalizability across five different western and non-western countries (China, Chile, Italy, Spain, and the United States). The scale was designed to measure individual differences in a global tendency to behave in prosocial ways during late adolescence and adulthood. Study 1 was designed to identify the best factorial structure of the Prosociality Scale and Study 2 tested the model's equivalence across five countries ( N = 1,630 young adults coming from China, Chile, Italy, Spain and the United States; general M age = 21.34; SD = 3.34). Findings supported a bifactor model in which prosocial responding was characterized by a general latent factor (i.e., prosociality) and two other specific factors (prosocial actions and prosocial feelings). New evidence of construct validity of the Prosociality Scale was provided.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
(Copyright © 2021 Luengo Kanacri, Eisenberg, Tramontano, Zuffiano, Caprara, Regner, Zhu, Pastorelli and Caprara.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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