Self and other-informed altruism: evidence of the altruism as a personality trait

This study aimed to gather evidence on altruism as a personality trait. Participants were 438 people,equally divided into respondents and their informants. They completed the following instruments: SelfinformedScale of Altruism, Gratitude Questionnaire, Willingness to Forgive Scale, and SocialDesira...

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Autores: Gouveia, Valdiney Veloso, Pimentel, Carlos Eduardo, da Fonsêca, Patrícia Nunes, Macêdo Barbosa, Larisse Helena Gomes, Veloso Gouveia, Rildésia Silva, de Souza Filho, José Farias
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
Repositorio:Revista Interação em Psicologia (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/32641
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ufpr.br/psicologia/article/view/32641
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:altruism
personality
willingness to forgive
social desirability
altruísmo
personalidade
disposição para perdoar
desejabilidade social
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Sumario:This study aimed to gather evidence on altruism as a personality trait. Participants were 438 people,equally divided into respondents and their informants. They completed the following instruments: SelfinformedScale of Altruism, Gratitude Questionnaire, Willingness to Forgive Scale, and SocialDesirability Scale, in addition to demographic questions. The informants responded as if they were therespondents. Results indicated convergence of the factor structure and reliability of the measure ofaltruism, verifying correlation between the self and other-informed measures of altruism as well as aconsistent pattern of association of their scores with those in willingness to forgive. In conclusion, thereis evidence of the altruism as a personality trait, independent of situational context, being its measuredissociated from social desirability.