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

Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri; Nancy Eisenberg; Carlo Tramontano; Antonio Zuffianó; Maria Giovanna Caprara; Evangelina Regner; Liqi Zhu; Concetta Pastorelli; Gian Vittorio Caprara

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

Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri, Nancy Eisenberg, Carlo Tramontano, Antonio Zuffianó, Maria Giovanna Caprara, Evangelina Regner, Liqi Zhu, Concetta Pastorelli, Gian Vittorio Caprara

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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 Mage = 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.

Original language	English
Article number	693174
Number of pages	13
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.693174
Publication status	Published - 22 Jul 2021

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Funding. This research was partially supported by grants from CONICYT-Chile (Fondecyt #1191692) and by the Center for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies, Chile (COES, FONDAP/15130009) to BL. Also, from the Spencer Foundation and W. T. Grant Foundation to Albert Bandura, from the Italian Ministry of Education University and Research (COFIN: 1998, 2000), from the University of Rome ?La Sapienza? to GC, and from the National Institute of Mental Health to Nancy Eisenberg.

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bi-factor model
cross-cultural assessment
empathy
helping behaviors
prosocial behavior
prosociality
psychological assessment

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