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Prosocial Tendencies Measure Validation for Portuguese Late Adolescents

Authors

Marisa Costa Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Research Centre for Human Development https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3626-3809
Lurdes Veríssimo Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Research Centre for Human Development https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6725-4043
Mariana Barbosa Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Research Centre for Human Development https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5907-8756
Luísa Mota Ribeiro Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Research Centre for Human Development https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5907-8756
Sara Silva Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Research Centre for Human Development https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5907-8756
Gustavo Carlo University of California, Irvine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4967-241X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/riep.v26i1.77377

Keywords:

prosocial behaviors, prosocial tendencies measure, confirmatory factor analysis, measurement invariance, late adolescents

Abstract

O Questionário de Tendências Prossociais (MTP) de Carlo e Randall (2002) é amplamente usado para avaliar tendências prossociais. Partindo do pressuposto de que existem diferenças no comportamento pró-social entre adolescentes e adultos, o presente estudo teve como objetivo validar a versão em português do MTP com uma amostra de adolescentes. Este instrumento avalia seis tipos diferentes de tendências prossociais: altruísta, anónima, emergência, emocional, complacente e pública. Desenhado para confirmar esta estrutura fatorial do MTP com adolescentes portugueses, este estudo recolheu as perceções de um total de 1313 adolescentes a frequentar o ensino secundário. A análise fatorial confirmatória corroborou a estrutura de seis fatores da validação original. Além disso, considerando o ano escolar e o género dos alunos, a análise de invariância foi executada e atestou a invariância configural, métrica (parcialmente para género) e escalar (parcialmente para ano escolar e género) do MTP. Estes resultados demonstram ainda que a versão portuguesa MTP é confiável, aumentando a utilidade deste instrumento para avaliar comportamentos prossociais na adolescência.

Author Biographies

Marisa Costa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Research Centre for Human Development

Research Centre for Human Development

Psychology

Lurdes Veríssimo, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Research Centre for Human Development

Research Centre for Human Development

Psychology

Mariana Barbosa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Research Centre for Human Development

Research Centre for Human Development

Psychology

Luísa Mota Ribeiro, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Research Centre for Human Development

Research Centre for Human Development

Psychology

Sara Silva, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Research Centre for Human Development

Research Centre for Human Development

Psychology

Gustavo Carlo, University of California, Irvine

University of California

Psychology

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Published

2022-06-09

How to Cite

Costa, M., Veríssimo, L., Barbosa, M., Mota Ribeiro, L., Silva, S., & Carlo, G. (2022). Prosocial Tendencies Measure Validation for Portuguese Late Adolescents. Interação Em Psicologia, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/riep.v26i1.77377

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Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2022)

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Research Reports

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