Development and validation of the prosocial conformity tendency scale in adolescents

IF 3.5 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2024-11-21 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2024.112932

Yanfeng Xu , Xiyan Zhao , Delin Yu , Huting Xu

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Abstract

Background

Prosocial conformity, the tendency to engage in prosocial behaviors due to social pressure or influence, plays a significant role in adolescent development. However, a comprehensive understanding of its underlying structure and a validated measurement for adolescents are lacking.

Method

Study 1 employed semi-structured interviews with 22 high school students. Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis to identify the core components of prosocial conformity. Study 2 involved three phases of data collection with a total of 783 high school students. Based on the qualitative findings, an 18-item self-report scale was developed and refined through a series of psychometric evaluation.

Results

Qualitative analysis revealed four distinct dimensions of prosocial conformity: Social Morality Conformity, Altruistic and Helping Conformity, Group-Oriented and Rule-Following Conformity, and Social Relationship Conformity. EFA supported a four-factor, 18-item structure, which was confirmed by CFA. The scale demonstrated excellent internal consistency, good criterion-related validity, measurement invariance across genders, and satisfactory test-retest reliability.

Conclusion

The four-factor structure offers a nuanced understanding of the multifaceted construct of prosocial conformity. And the developed Prosocial Conformity Tendency Scale is a reliable and valid tool for assessing it.

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青少年亲社会一致性倾向量表的开发与验证

背景亲社会顺应是指在社会压力或影响下从事亲社会行为的倾向，在青少年成长过程中起着重要作用。然而，目前还缺乏对其基本结构的全面了解和针对青少年的有效测量方法。研究 1 对 22 名高中生进行了半结构式访谈，采用主题分析法对定性数据进行分析，以确定亲社会顺应的核心成分。研究 2 包括三个阶段的数据收集，共收集了 783 名高中生的数据。在定性分析结果的基础上，研究人员编制了一个包含 18 个项目的自我报告量表，并通过一系列心理测量评估对该量表进行了改进：社会道德一致性、利他和助人一致性、群体导向和规则遵循一致性以及社会关系一致性。EFA 支持四因素、18 个项目的结构，并得到 CFA 的证实。该量表具有极佳的内部一致性、良好的标准相关效度、跨性别测量不变性以及令人满意的测试再测可靠性。所开发的亲社会顺应倾向量表是一种可靠有效的评估工具。

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

自引率

4.70%

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577

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.