Development of a prosocial behavior scale for adults in Mexico

Abstract

The assessment of prosocial behavior is primarily geared towards children and adolescents. The scales focusing on adults target students or assess underlying motivations and situations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop a self-report scale to assess prosocial behavior in adults and obtain its psychometric properties. (dimensions, predictive validity, and reliability). 761 individual aged between 18 and 75 years old participated (M=29.22, SD=12.51). The scale consisted of 22 items distributed across 4 factors, with a Cronbach's alpha of .89 and 45.8% of variance accounted for. The results show that the scale is adequate to evaluate the prosocial behavior in adults of the open population of Mexico City in a valid and reliable manner.