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

Authors

  • Valdiney Veloso Gouveia Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Carlos Eduardo Pimentel Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Patrícia Nunes da Fonsêca Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Larisse Helena Gomes Macêdo Barbosa Faculdades Integradas de Patos
  • Rildésia Silva Veloso Gouveia Centro Universitário de João Pessoa
  • José Farias de Souza Filho Centro Universitário de João Pessoa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v20i2.32641

Keywords:

altruism, personality, willingness to forgive, social desirability

Abstract

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: Selfinformed
Scale of Altruism, Gratitude Questionnaire, Willingness to Forgive Scale, and Social
Desirability Scale, in addition to demographic questions. The informants responded as if they were the
respondents. Results indicated convergence of the factor structure and reliability of the measure of
altruism, verifying correlation between the self and other-informed measures of altruism as well as a
consistent pattern of association of their scores with those in willingness to forgive. In conclusion, there
is evidence of the altruism as a personality trait, independent of situational context, being its measure
dissociated from social desirability.

Author Biographies

Valdiney Veloso Gouveia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Professor Titular do Departamento de Psicologia. Pesquisador 1A (PQ) do CNPq.

Carlos Eduardo Pimentel, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Psicologia. Atua nas áreas de Avaliação Psicológica e Psicologia Social.

Patrícia Nunes da Fonsêca, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Professora Adjunto do Departamento de Psicopedagogia. Atua nas áreas de Psicologia Escolar e Avaliação Psicológica.

Larisse Helena Gomes Macêdo Barbosa, Faculdades Integradas de Patos

Professora do curso de Psicologia. Mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba, onde cursa atualmente Doutorado em em Psicologia Social.

Rildésia Silva Veloso Gouveia, Centro Universitário de João Pessoa

Professora Titular do Curso de Direito, atua nas áreas de Psicologia Jurídica e Avaliação Psicológica.

José Farias de Souza Filho, Centro Universitário de João Pessoa

Professor Associado do Curso de Direito, é Promotor de Justiça do Estado da Paraíba e concluinte de Doutorado em Psicologia Social na Universidade Federal da Paraíba

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Published

2016-12-22

How to Cite

Gouveia, V. V., Pimentel, C. E., da Fonsêca, P. N., Macêdo Barbosa, L. H. G., Veloso Gouveia, R. S., & de Souza Filho, J. F. (2016). Self and other-informed altruism: evidence of the altruism as a personality trait. Interação Em Psicologia, 20(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v20i2.32641

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Research Reports

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