Measure of Prosocial and Aggressive Behavior

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Instrument Overview

Physical and verbal aggression is a 20‐item scale (e.g.,” I threaten others”, “I get into fights) with five control items. Target items offer a description of a child’s behavior aimed at hurting others physically and verbally (Pastorelli et. al. 1997). Prosocial behavior was assessed by 10 items in terms of helpfulness, sharing, kindness, and cooperativeness (e.g., “I try to help others “) (Caprara & Pastorelli, 1993).

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Student Well-Being Category

American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.

Content

Grades
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade
Keywords
Relationship Skills ; Responsible Decision Making (Risky/Disruptive/ Externalizing Behaviors)
Respondent
Parent,
Teacher

Administration Information

Length
30 items

Access and Use

Developer
A. Bandura, C. Barbaranelli, G. V. Caprara, & C. Pastorelli
Setting
Classroom

Psychometrics (additional guidance)

Psychometric References

Bandura, A., Barbaranelli, C., Caprara, G. V., & Pastorelli, C. (1996a). Mechanisms of moral disengagement in

the exercise of moral agency. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 364–374.

Caprara, G. V. & Pastorelli, C. (1993). Early emotional instability, prosocial behavior and aggression: Some

methodological aspects. European Journal of Personality, 7, 19‐36.

Pastorelli, C., Barbaranelli, C., Cermak, I., Rozsa, S., & Caprar, G. V. (1997). Measuring emotional instability,

prosocial behavior and aggression in pre‐adolescents: A cross‐national study. Personality and Individual

Differences, 23(4)), 6911‐703

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