Altruism in adolescents and young adults: validation of an instrument to measure generative altruism with structural equation modeling

Büssing, Arndt; Kerksieck, Philipp; Günther, Andreas; Baumann, Klaus

doi:10.1080/1364436x.2013.849661

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“…For instance, James and Fine found that adolescent participants coded as having a more coherent spirituality or sense of purpose (as opposed to an ambiguous spirituality) scored higher on measures of all six "Cs" of positive youth development (i.e., Competence, Confidence, Character, Connection, Caring/Compassion, and Contribution), with higher scores on the Contribution factor indicating higher levels of generosity [9]. Similarly, Spiewak and Sherrod found that generosity was correlated with religious beliefs, spiritual transcendence, and religious practices in a cross-sectional sample of adolescents and emerging adults [10], and Bussing, Kerksieck, Günther, and Baumann found that spirituality and religiousness were correlated with generative altruism in adolescents and emerging adults [11]. Although these are important contributions to the literature in establishing empirical relations between religion, spirituality, and generosity, they do not address causal processes or the directionality of effects.…”

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Charitable Sporting Events as a Context for Building Adolescent Generosity: Examining the Role of Religiousness and Spirituality

2016

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Abstract:Previous research demonstrates an association between religiousness, spirituality, and generosity in adolescents, but few studies have tested the mechanisms by which religion might facilitate the development of generosity in real-world contexts. In this paper, a theoretical model is presented describing the potential mechanisms by which engagement in transformational contexts (i.e., participating in charity marathon training) may lead to the development of generosity in adolescents. Participation in charity sporting events is theorized to increase generosity through both higher-order mechanisms, such as sanctification and the development of transcendent identity, and lower-order mechanisms, such as increased entitativity, positive emotions, and dissonance reduction. An empirical strategy for testing the model is presented; suggested methods for inquiry are longitudinal mixed method designs incorporating observations, questionnaires, and qualitative interviewing. Additionally, a case study of ongoing research on adolescents running with Team World Vision is described as an application of the model to an actual research context.

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Charitable Sporting Events as a Context for Building Adolescent Generosity: Examining the Role of Religiousness and Spirituality

2016

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“…The variables are created by coding the response items from 0 ("Never") to 3 ("Often"). These statements are borrowed from a previous study on altruism in adolescence (Büssing et al, 2013). The objective of this study was to develop an altruism score, which was constructed using seven questions in total --the four questions presented above plus three additionnal questions.…”

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Preparation for old age in France: The roles of preferences and expectations

Apouey

2018

The Journal of the Economics of Ageing

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This article assesses the roles of preferences and expectations on preparation for old age, employing unique data on French individuals aged 50+. The data do not only contain information on the general feeling to prepare for old age and on specific preparation activities in various domains, but also on risk and time attitudes, family and social altruism, and expected disability and longevity. Half of the sample reports preparing for old age. Future orientation emerges as an important predictor of preparation. While risk attitudes and altruism also matter for preparation, their effect may be less systematic across outcomes than that of general future orientation. Individuals who expect to become disabled or to live longer are more likely to prepare for old age. Policies promoting healthy aging should include messages targeting present-oriented individuals and try to make people more future-oriented.

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“…Generative altruism is defined as the non-contradictory satisfaction of promoting the prosperity and/or success of other individuals (Seelig and Rosof, 2001, p. 947). Such altruism (generative altruism) functions as an attitude and commitment to care for and help others without expecting any reward or direct benefit, in which case the main motivating element of altruism is the concept of compassion (Büssing et al, 2013). Compassion is a concept that involves emotional empathy for the afflicted or suffering individuals, the emotional response that triggers the urge to act, and then helps to alleviate the trouble and pain (Büssing et al, 2013).…”

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“…A scale that measures generative altruism is not included in our literature. Therefore, it was decided to adapt the generative altruism scale developed by Büssing, Kerksieck, Günther, and Baumann (2013). Considering that this scale can be used in pre-adolescents, adolescents, young adults, adults and religious adult samples and consists of nine items, it is predicted that such a useful and comprehensive scale will contribute to the literature and experts.…”

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Üretken Özgecilik Ölçeği Türkçe Formu’nun Psikometrik Özelliklerinin İncelenmesi

Anli

2019

OPUS Uluslararası Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi

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The aim of this study is to translate the Generative Altruism Scale into Turkish and to examine the psychometric properties of this form. The study was conducted with 386 students attending a secondary school and a high school in Istanbul. Confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory factor analysis were performed with the first research group (190 students) and confirmatory factor analysis and reliability analysis were performed with the second research group (196 students). Since the confirmatory factor analysis was performed in the first stage did not comply with the unidimensional factor structure of the scale, exploratory factor analysis was employed and a two-factor structure was obtained. The first of these was recorded as Intentional Generative Altruism, consisting of four items, and the second one as Unexpected Generative Altruism, which consisted of five items. The confirmatory factor analysis was performed to test this two-factor structure and the result showed that the indices of fit of the two-factor structure were acceptable. (2 / sd = 2.23, p <.001, RMSEA = .080, SRMR = .056, GFI = .94, CFI = .93, TLI = .91). For the reliability analysis, the internal consistency coefficient of Cronbach alpha was examined and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the first dimension was .75, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the second dimension was .76, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the whole scale was .82. In addition, the item-total correlations of the scale were between .47 and .62. According to these results, the scale was found to be a reliable and valid measurement tool.

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Altruism in adolescents and young adults: validation of an instrument to measure generative altruism with structural equation modeling

Cited by 33 publications

References 28 publications

Charitable Sporting Events as a Context for Building Adolescent Generosity: Examining the Role of Religiousness and Spirituality

Charitable Sporting Events as a Context for Building Adolescent Generosity: Examining the Role of Religiousness and Spirituality

Preparation for old age in France: The roles of preferences and expectations

Üretken Özgecilik Ölçeği Türkçe Formu’nun Psikometrik Özelliklerinin İncelenmesi

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