Altruistic Orientation in Children: Construction and Validation of the Child Altruism Inventory
Titel:
Altruistic Orientation in Children: Construction and Validation of the Child Altruism Inventory
Auteur:
Keung, Hing Leung, Man Chi
Verschenen in:
International journal of psychology
Paginering:
Jaargang 26 (1991) nr. 6 pagina's 745-759
Jaar:
1991
Inhoud:
The Child Altruism Inventory (CAI) consisted of 24 yes-or-no items which measured the altruistic orientation of children. The sample included 1095 Grades 2 to 6 Chinese children in Hong Kong, The test-retest and internal consistency reliabilities of the CAI were in the 0.70s. The correlations of the CAI score with the intelligence and self-esteem scores were significantly positive, while the correlations of the CAI score with the psychoticism and neuroticism scores were significantly negative. Children in classes of positive and negative social environment rated high and low on the CAI respectively. The relations of the CAI score with self-report prosocial and delinquent behavioural indices were also positive and negative respectively. The psychometric properties of the CAI are regarded as quite good. L'inventaire de l'altruisme chez l'enfant (IAE) comprend 24 questions binaires mesurant l'orientation altruiste de l'enfant. L'ehantillon etudie comprenait 1095 enfants chinois de Hong Kong, de la 2eme a la 6eme annee d'ecole primaire. La precision des tests-retests et de l'uniformite interne de l'IAE etait de l'ordre de 0.70. Les correlations entre le score IAE et les scores d'intelligence et de respect de soi etaient clairement positives, tandis que cel les du score IAE avec les scores de psychotisme et de nevrotisme etaient clairement negatives. Les enfants de classes dont l'environnement social etait positif et negatif se sont classes, respectivement, en haut et en bas sur l'IAE. Les relations du score IAE avec les indices de comportement du rapport a soi prosocial et delinquant se sont aussi montres, respectivement, positives et negatives. Les proprietes psychometriques de l'IAE sont considerees comme tres bonnes.
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