Discover the 9-SRA Scale for Assessing Altruism

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About the 9-SRA Scale

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The 9-SRA Scale was developed as a reduced version of the Rushton et al. (1991*) scale for measuring altruism by professors

Enrique Manzur and Sergio Olavarrieta, University of Chile.

The scale items

Factor: Charity
- Item 4: I have given money to a charity.
- Item 6: I have donated goods or clothes to a charity.
- Item 7: I have done volunteer work for a charity.
Factor: Helping People
- Item 3: I have given directions to a stranger.
- Item 9: I have helped carry a stranger’s belongings (books, parcels, etc.).
- Item 14: I have allowed a neighbor I did not know well to borrow an item of some value to me.
- Item 18: I have offered to help a handicapped or elderly stranger across a street.
- Item 19: I have offered my seat on a bus or train to a stranger who was standing.
- Item 20: I have helped a casual acquaintance to move households.

The final 9-SRA Scale consists of 9 items derived from the original SRA scale. These items are grouped into two main factors: "Charity" and "Helping People."

The specific items of the 9-SRA Scale are as follows (numbering based on the original SRA scale shown in Table 1 of the paper):

Scoring Method
- Subjects are asked to rate each of these 9 items using a 5-point Likert scale:
  1. Never
  2. Rarely
  3. Sometimes
  4. Frequently
  5. Always

*Rushton, J.P.; Chrisjohn, R.D.; Fekken, G.C. The altruistic personality and the self-report altruism scale. Pers. Indiv. Differ. 1981, 2, 292–302

Manzur E, Olavarrieta S. The 9-SRA Scale: A Simplified 9-Items Version of the SRA Scale to Assess Altruism. Sustainability. 2021; 13(13):6999. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13136999