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

Eisenberg, Nancy; Tramontano, Carlo; Caprara, Mariagiovanna; Giovanna Caprara, Maria; Regner, Evangelina; Zhu, Liqi; Caprara, Gian Vittorio

Abstract

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.

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Título según WOS: Measuring Prosocial Behaviors: Psychometric Properties and Cross-National Validation of the Prosociality Scale in Five Countries
Título según SCOPUS: Measuring Prosocial Behaviors: Psychometric Properties and Cross-National Validation of the Prosociality Scale in Five Countries
Título de la Revista: Frontiers in Psychology
Volumen: 12
Editorial: Frontiers Media S. A.
Fecha de publicación: 2021
DOI:

10.3389/FPSYG.2021.693174

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS