Imagination and the Prosocial Personality: Mapping the Effect of Episodic Simulation on Helping Across Prosocial Traits

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan Campbell ◽  
Anita Tusche ◽  
Brendan Gaesser
Keyword(s):  
Factor Model ◽  
Self Report ◽  
General Tendency ◽  
Prior Work ◽  
Promising Strategy ◽  
Episodic Simulation ◽  
Helping Others ◽  
Prosocial Intentions ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Three Factor

Prior work suggests that imagining helping others increases prosocial intentions and behavior towards those individuals. But is this true for everyone, or only for those who tend towards – or away from – helping more generally? The current study (N=283) used an imagined helping paradigm and a battery of behavioral and self-report measures of trait prosociality to determine whether the prosocial benefits of imagination depend upon an individual’s general tendency to help others. Replicating prior work, we found links between imagination and prosociality and support for a three-factor model of prosociality comprising altruistically, norm-motivated, and self-reported prosocial behaviors. Centrally, the effects of imagination on prosociality were slightly larger for less altruistic individuals but independent of norm-motivated and self-reported prosociality. These results suggest leveraging people’s abilities for episodic simulation as a promising strategy for increasing prosociality in general, and perhaps particularly for those least likely to help otherwise.

scholarly journals Longitudinal Validation of the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy (LSRP) Scale in a High-Risk Dutch Community Sample

Assessment ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 107319112097513
Author(s):  
Sophie A. Wissenburg ◽  
Carlo Garofalo ◽  
Arjan A. J. Blokland ◽  
H. Palmen ◽  
Martin Sellbom
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Longitudinal Measurement Invariance ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Longitudinal Measurement ◽  
Three Factor ◽  
Over Time

The Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy (LSRP) scale is a self-report measure that can be used to assess psychopathic traits in community samples, and recent research suggested that its three-factor model (Egocentricity, Callousness, and Antisocial) has promising psychometric properties. However, no study to date has validated the LSRP in a longitudinal framework. The present study sought to validate the LSRP scale in a longitudinal design using a sample of Dutch emerging adults ( ns = 970 and 693 at time points 1 and 2, respectively). We assessed longitudinal measurement invariance and the stability of psychopathic traits over an 18-month time period, from age 20 to age 21.6. Furthermore, we replicated and extended findings on the factor structure, reliability, and construct validity of the Dutch LSRP scale. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the three-factor model fit the data well. Evidence of partial longitudinal measurement invariance was observed, which means that the Dutch translation of the LSRP scale is measuring an equivalent construct (and overall latent factor structure) over time. Psychopathic traits were relatively stable over time. The three LSRP subscales showed largely acceptable levels of internal consistency at both time points and showed conceptually expected patterns of construct validity and predictive validity, with a few notable exceptions.

scholarly journals Facial Width-to-Height Ratio Does Not Predict Self-Reported Behavioral Tendencies

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Kosinski
Keyword(s):  
Impression Management ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Small Samples ◽  
Height Ratio ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Behavioral Tendencies ◽  
And Behavior

A growing number of studies have linked facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) with various antisocial or violent behavioral tendencies. However, those studies have predominantly been laboratory based and low powered. This work reexamined the links between fWHR and behavioral tendencies in a large sample of 137,163 participants. Behavioral tendencies were measured using 55 well-established psychometric scales, including self-report scales measuring intelligence, domains and facets of the five-factor model of personality, impulsiveness, sense of fairness, sensational interests, self-monitoring, impression management, and satisfaction with life. The findings revealed that fWHR is not substantially linked with any of these self-reported measures of behavioral tendencies, calling into question whether the links between fWHR and behavior generalize beyond the small samples and specific experimental settings that have been used in past fWHR research.

scholarly journals Measuring Intellectual Capital in Schools in the Developing Country of Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Muhammad Niqab ◽  
Janet Hanson ◽  
Arthur Bangert ◽  
Sathiamoorthy Kannan ◽  
Sailesh Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Control Variable ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
Three Factor

This study used a quantitative, empirical, survey-research design and collected self-report data from faculty (n = 408) in secondary-level schools (n = 34) in Pakistan to test the reliability and construct validity of a proposed three-factor model of intellectual capital (IC). Results of the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed the three-factor model was reliable to quantify the construct of IC in Pakistan secondary-level schools. Factors included social relations, teacher experience and education, and teacher training and skills. Structural capital was tested indirectly. Statistically significant differences existed between school types for the IC mean scores, revealing an influence of structural capital on IC. Gender was included as a control variable in the analyses demonstrating no significant influence on the dependent variable, IC. School administrators and policy makers can use the results of this study to inform decision making and to support self-developing processes in schools in the effort to reduce the divide in educational outcomes between developed and developing countries.

scholarly journals Facial Width-to-Height Ratio Does Not Predict Self-Reported Behavioral Tendencies

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 1675-1682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Kosinski
Keyword(s):  
Impression Management ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Small Samples ◽  
Height Ratio ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Behavioral Tendencies ◽  
And Behavior

A growing number of studies have linked facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) with various antisocial or violent behavioral tendencies. However, those studies have predominantly been laboratory based and low powered. This work reexamined the links between fWHR and behavioral tendencies in a large sample of 137,163 participants. Behavioral tendencies were measured using 55 well-established psychometric scales, including self-report scales measuring intelligence, domains and facets of the five-factor model of personality, impulsiveness, sense of fairness, sensational interests, self-monitoring, impression management, and satisfaction with life. The findings revealed that fWHR is not substantially linked with any of these self-reported measures of behavioral tendencies, calling into question whether the links between fWHR and behavior generalize beyond the small samples and specific experimental settings that have been used in past fWHR research.

Confirmatory factor analysis of the Spanish version of the revised memory and behavior problems checklist

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 683-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia Nogales-González ◽  
Andrés Losada ◽  
Rosa Romero-Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Three Factor

ABSTRACTBackground:Behavioral and psychological symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) are a cause of significant stress in caregivers. The revised memory and behavior problems checklist (RMBPC) (Teri et al., 1992) is an instrument used for the assessment of BPSD. The psychometric properties of the RMBPC-Spanish version were analyzed.Method:361 family caregivers of people with dementia were interviewed individually. The RMBPC is a 24-item questionnaire that assesses both the frequency of the BPSD and the reaction they cause in the caregiver. It has three factors: memory problems, disruptive behaviors, and depressive behaviors. Caregivers’ depressive symptomatology, anxiety and burden, and the functional capacity of the person with dementia were also measured.Results:The results of a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) show that the original three-factor model with 24 items, with error covariances, had a marginally acceptable adjustment for the frequency and reaction scales. The deletion of items with low factor loadings results in a better adjustment of the data to the model, for both the frequency and reaction scales. We found adequate internal consistency for all subscales, and significant associations between the subscales, burden, anxiety, and depression.Conclusions:The results suggest that the Spanish version of the RMBPC shows adequate adjustment for the three-factor model with 24-items, but that removing some of the items improves the adjustment. The results support the use of this instrument for the assessment of BPSD in Spanish people with dementia.

Evidence that three dimensions of psychosis have a distribution in the general population

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. C. STEFANIS ◽  
M. HANSSEN ◽  
N. K. SMIRNIS ◽  
D. A. AVRAMOPOULOS ◽  
I. K. EVDOKIMIDIS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
General Population ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Population Variation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Three Factor

Background. The aims of the study were: first to examine, using clinical symptoms of patients as a template, whether the correlated but independent dimensions of positive, negative and depressive symptoms that have been identified in clinical psychosis, also have a distribution as non-clinical experiences in the general population; and second, to establish to what degree population variation in experience of positive and negative features of psychosis is actually independent of experience of depression.Method. In a representative population sample of 932 young men, we measured experiences of positive, negative and depressive features of psychosis, using a 40-item self-report instrument. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to compare the fit of hypothesized one-, two- and three-factor solutions.Results. A three-factor model of separate depressive, positive and negative dimensions provided a better fit to the data than either a two-factor or unidimensional model. All three dimensions were correlated with each other, but also showed good discriminant validity in relation to established scales, confirming their relative independence.Conclusion. The data suggest that the correlated dimensions of clinical psychosis also have a distribution in the general population, and that depressive symptoms may form an integral part of psychosis-like experiences in the general population.

Psychometric Properties and Validation of a German High Sensitive Person Scale (HSPS-G)

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 364-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Konrad ◽  
Philipp Yorck Herzberg
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Ordinal Data ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Small Samples ◽  
Sensory Threshold ◽  
Three Factor ◽  
Sensitive Person

Abstract. High sensitivity is an individual disposition to perceive and process external and internal stimuli more intensely than the average population. For measuring high sensitivity, Aron and Aron (1997) developed a unidimensional self-report questionnaire. However, Smolewska, McCabe, and Woody (2006) fitted a model with three correlated factors: ease of excitation, aesthetic sensitivity, and low sensory threshold. Both models were questioned by Evans and Rothbart (2008) who postulated a two-factor structure: negative affect and orienting sensitivity. Nonetheless, the studies presented so far are based on small samples and did not address the issues of the ordinal data and measurement invariance. We presented the first study that compared all postulated models, thereby taking the ordinal data into account, and evaluated the measurement invariance. We adopted the High Sensitive Person (HSP)-Scale for German-speaking populations and found that a three-factor model provided the best fit. However, we excluded 13 items because of their low factor loadings or high intercorrelations. The revised HSP-Scale fit a three-factor model. Furthermore, we could establish a high level of measurement invariance (strict invariance), indicating equality of loadings, thresholds, and residual variances across sex. The scale showed good psychometric properties and high test-retest reliability. Finally, relationships with psychological symptoms were presented.

Construct Validity of the E-LSRP in a Correctional Sample

Assessment ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 107319112110386
Author(s):  
Martin Sellbom ◽  
Jaiden S. Butler ◽  
Tayla T. C. Lee ◽  
Andrea M. Loucaides ◽  
Tracy L. Masterson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Correctional Settings ◽  
Male Inmates ◽  
Three Factor ◽  
Related Personality

The Expanded–Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (E-LSRP) was developed by Christian and Sellbom to improve on the psychometric properties of scores on the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale. The current study investigated the construct validity of scores on the E-LSRP in 393 male inmates. Results provided support for the reliability and construct validity of E-LSRP scores. Specifically, confirmatory factor analysis results demonstrated support for a three-factor model. Additionally, correlation and multiple regression results provided evidence supporting the convergent and discriminant validity of E-LSRP scores against scores on measures assessing psychopathy-related personality traits (e.g., antagonism, disinhibition) and symptoms of internalizing disorders, respectively. Overall, these findings extend those of previous research by establishing that E-LSRP scores demonstrate validity in assessing psychopathy in correctional settings and thus, may be a useful tool for the assessment of psychopathy in these settings.

scholarly journals The 21-item Barratt Impulsiveness Scale Revised (BIS-R-21): An alternative three-factor model

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-246
Author(s):  
Máté Kapitány-Fövény ◽  
Róbert Urbán ◽  
Gábor Varga ◽  
Marc N. Potenza ◽  
Mark D. Griffiths ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Barratt Impulsiveness Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Cognitive Impulsivity ◽  
Three Factor

AbstractBackground and aimsDue to its important role in both healthy groups and those with physical, mental and behavioral disorders, impulsivity is a widely researched construct. Among various self-report questionnaires of impulsivity, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale is arguably the most frequently used measure. Despite its international use, inconsistencies in the suggested factor structure of its latest version, the BIS-11, have been observed repeatedly in different samples. The goal of the present study was therefore to test the factor structure of the BIS-11 in several samples.MethodsExploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on two representative samples of Hungarian adults (N = 2,457; N = 2,040) and a college sample (N = 765).ResultsAnalyses did not confirm the original model of the measure in any of the samples. Based on explorative factor analyses, an alternative three-factor model (cognitive impulsivity; behavioral impulsivity; and impatience/restlessness) of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale is suggested. The pattern of the associations between the three factors and aggression, exercise, smoking, alcohol use, and psychological distress supports the construct validity of this new model.DiscussionThe new measurement model of impulsivity was confirmed in two independent samples. However, it requires further cross-cultural validation to clarify the content of self-reported impulsivity in both clinical and nonclinical samples.

Episodic simulation reduces intergroup bias in prosocial intentions and behavior.

2020 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 683-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan Gaesser ◽  
Yuki Shimura ◽  
Mina Cikara
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Bias ◽  
Episodic Simulation ◽  
Prosocial Intentions ◽  
And Behavior
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