The Multidimensionality of Prosocial Behaviors and Evidence of Measurement Equivalence in Mexican American and European American Early Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Carlo, Gustavo; Knight, George P.; McGinley, Meredith; Zamboanga, Byron L.; Jarvis, Lorna Hernandez
Titel	The Multidimensionality of Prosocial Behaviors and Evidence of Measurement Equivalence in Mexican American and European American Early Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 20 (2010) 2, S.334-358 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00637.x
Schlagwörter	Prosocial Behavior; Altruism; Mexican Americans; Measurement; Whites; Ethnicity; Minority Groups; Parenting Styles; Behavior Problems; Religion; Adolescents; Middle School Students; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Hispanoamerikaner; Messverfahren; White; Weißer; Ethnizität; Ethnische Minderheit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	There is growing recognition of the need to examine distinct forms of prosocial behaviors and to conduct research on prosocial behaviors among ethnic minorities. Middle school students (mean age = 12.67 years; 54% girls; European American, n = 290; Mexican American, n = 152) completed a multidimensional measure of prosocial behavior and measures of parental monitoring, externalizing behaviors, and religiosity. Results yield supportive evidence that anonymous, dire, emotional, compliant, public, and altruism are different forms of prosocial behaviors. Moreover, the measure of prosocial behaviors shows measurement equivalence properties across ethnicity and gender. The discussion focuses on the multidimensional nature of prosocial behaviors and implications for future research on prosocial behaviors. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10