Self Report Altruism Scale
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JP Rushton, RD Chrisjohn, GC Fekken - Personality and Individual Differences, 1981
This paper is divided into two parts. In the first, the rank order stability of individual differences in altruism across situations is examined and it is found that substantial consistency occurs when due regard is given to the principle of aggregation. In the second, a self-report altruism scale, on which respondents rate the frequency with which they have engaged in some 20 specific behaviors, is found to predict such criteria as peer-ratings of altruism, completing an organ-donor card, and paper-and-pencil measures of prosoeial orientation. These data suggest there is a broad-based trait of altruism.
