Luengo Kanacri, Bernadette PaulaEisenberg, NancyTramontano, CarloZuffianò, AntonioCaprara, María GiovannaRegner, EvangelinaZhu, LiqiPastorelli, ConcettaCaprara, Vittorio2026-01-092026-01-092021-07-22Luengo Kanacri BP, Eisenberg N, Tramontano C, Zuffiano A, Caprara MG, Regner E, Zhu L, Pastorelli C and Caprara GV (2021) Measuring Prosocial Behaviors: Psychometric Properties and Cross-National Validation of the Prosociality Scale in Five Countries. Front. Psychol. 12:693174. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.6931741664-1078https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.693174https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/31342The registered version of this article, first published in “Frontiers in Psychology, 12 (2021), 693174", is available online at the publisher's website: Frontiers Media, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.693174La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en “Frontiers in Psychology, 12 (2021), 693174", está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Frontiers Media, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.693174This research investigated the psychometric properties of the Prosociality Scale and its cross-cultural validation and generalizability across five different western and non-western countries (China, Chile, Italy, Spain, and the United States). The scale was designed to measure individual differences in a global tendency to behave in prosocial ways during late adolescence and adulthood. Study 1 was designed to identify the best factorial structure of the Prosociality Scale and Study 2 tested the model’s equivalence across five countries (N = 1,630 young adults coming from China, Chile, Italy, Spain and the United States; general Mage = 21.34; SD = 3.34). Findings supported a bifactor model in which prosocial responding was characterized by a general latent factor (i.e., prosociality) and two other specific factors (prosocial actions and prosocial feelings). New evidence of construct validity of the Prosociality Scale was provided.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess6114 Psicología socialMeasuring Prosocial Behaviors: Psychometric Properties and Cross-National Validation of the Prosociality Scale in Five CountriesartículoCross-cultural assessmentPsychological assessmentBi-factor modelProsocialityProsocial behaviorEmpathyHelping behaviors