About the Measure
| Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait), Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Public; Anonymous; Dire; Emotional; Compliant; Altruism |
| Description | The Prosocial Tendencies Measure (PTM) originally was developed to assess self-report of six types of prosocial behaviours among college individuals. Items for the PTM were selected from previously developed prosocial disposition and behaviour scales and from responses to prosocial moral reasoning interviews. |
| Example | I can help others best when people are watching me |
| Link | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0272431602239132 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 25 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 30 |
| Age | 13-18 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .59-.86 |
| Test retest | After 2 weeks, r= [.54,.76] |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Not reported |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Convergent: PTM-R scales were significantly related with theoretically relevant variables (e.g., sympathy, perspective taking, moral reasoning) and non significantly related with non theoretically relevant variables (e.g., vocabulary skills, social desirability, personal distress) |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Carlo, G., Hausmann, A., Christiansen, S., & Randall, B. A. (2003). Sociocognitive and behavioral correlates of a measure of prosocial tendencies for adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 23 (1), 107-134. doi:10.1037//0022-0663.86.2.173 |