Escala de Prosocialidade para Adultos

Title of the Portuguese Version

Escala de Prosocialidade para Adultos

Original Version

Prosocialness Scale for Adults (PSA; Caprara et al., 2005)

Portuguese Version

Cunha, M., & Tomás, A. B., 2022

General Description

The Prosocialness Scale for Adults – PSA is a 16-item self-response instrument that assesses four categories of actions: Sharing, Helping, Caring and Experiencing Empathy towards other people. Each item is answered using a 5-point Likert scale ranging from Never/Almost Never (1) to Always/Almost Always (5). Higher scores on this instrument translate into more pro-social behaviour. The items are distributed in two dimensions, the dimension of pro-social actions and the dimension related to pro-social feelings.

References

  • Tomás, A.B., Cunha, M., Massano-Cardoso, I., & Galhardo, A. (2024). Pró-sociabilidade e saúde mental: Validação da versão portuguesa da Prosocialness Scale for Adults. e-Psi (in press).

  • Caprara, G. V., Steca, P., Zelli, A., & Capanna, C. (2005). A new scale for measuring adults’ prosocialness. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 21(2), 77-89. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759.21.2.77

Contacts

marina_cunha@ismt.pt