Developing Prosocial Behavior in Peer Relationships Scale Among College Students

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ID13660426
AuthorsSelen Demirtaş-Zorbaz (0000-0003-0040-9095, Ankara University), Çiğdem Akın Arıkan (0000-0001-5255-8792, Ordu University), Asiye Şengül Avşar (0000-0001-5522-2514, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University), Muhammed Enes Keskinkılıç (0000-0002-4048-2054, Bartin University, corresponding author), Hatice Şabanoğlu (0000-0003-0130-4914, Ankara University), İbrahim GÜMÜŞBOĞA (0000-0001-8185-2237, Bartin University), Mert Ongun (0000-0002-6565-1715, Turkish Education Foundation), Esra Telli (0000-0002-8558-8071, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University)
Year2025
Pages332941251358208-332941251358208
Publication date2025-07-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00332941251358208
PMID40670307
OpenAlexW4412488631
LanguageEN
References cited53

Prosocial behaviors, performed voluntarily by thinking of others, are crucial in maintaining relationships. Although prosocial behaviors are exhibited in every period of life, the frequency or form of these behaviors varies across life stages. Also, peer relationships have an increasing impact on behavior in adolescence and then young adulthood. Purpose of this study was to develop a scale to measure the prosocial behaviors of university students in peer relationships. The scale was applied to a total of 484 university students, 392 of whom were female and 91 of whom were male. The results of the exploratory factor analysis revealed that the scale consisted of 19 items and one factor. In the second stage of the study, confirmatory factor analysis was performed with the data collected from 494 university students, 390 female and 104 male, and the one-factor structure of the scale was confirmed (χ2/df = 3.05 (χ2 = 463.842, df = 152), RMSEA = .064 95% [.058-.071], SRMR = .032, CFI = .950, TLI = .943). Cronbach's Alpha (.920) and McDonald's Omega (.921) were calculated to test the reliability of the scale. These results suggest that Prosocial Behavior in Peer Relationships Scale provides valid and reliable measurements for assessing university students' prosocial behaviors in peer relationships

Confirmatory factor analysis · Cronbach's alpha · Developmental psychology · Exploratory factor analysis · Prosocial behavior · Psychometrics · Scale (ratio · Structural equation modeling · Test (biology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Psychology · Social Psychology

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