1. Measuring Prosocial Behaviors: Psychometric Properties and Cross-National Validation of the Prosociality Scale in Five Countries.
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Luengo Kanacri, Bernadette Paula, Eisenberg, Nancy, Tramontano, Carlo, Zuffiano, Antonio, Caprara, Maria Giovanna, Regner, Evangelina, Zhu, Liqi, Pastorelli, Concetta, and Caprara, Gian Vittorio
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PSYCHOMETRICS ,PROSOCIAL behavior ,OLDER people ,FACTOR structure ,WESTERN countries - 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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