THE SELF REPORT ALTRUISM SCALE

Name: _________________________ Gender: ________________________

Date: __________________________ Age: ____________________________
Instructions: Check the category on the right that conforms to the frequency with which you have carried
out the following acts. There is no right or wrong answers. Be honest and frank with your responses.

Never

Often
More
Once

often
Very
once
than
STATEMENTS

1. I have helped push a stranger’s car out of the snow.

2. I have given directions to a stranger.
3. I have made change for a stranger.
4. I have given money to a charity.
5. I have given money to a stranger who needed it (or asked me for
it).
6. I have donated goods or clothes to a charity.
7. I have done volunteer work for a charity.
8. I have donated blood.
9. I have helped carry a stranger’s belongings (books, parcels, etc.).
10. I have delayed an elevator and held the door open for a stranger.
11. I have allowed someone to go ahead of me in a lineup (at
photocopy machine, in the supermarket).
12. I have given a stranger a lift in my car.
13. I have pointed out a clerk’s error (in a bank, at the supermarket)
in undercharging me for an item
14. I have let a neighbour whom I didn’t know too well borrow an
item of some value to me (e.g., a dish, tools, etc.)
15. I have bought ‘charity” Christmas cards deliberately because I
knew it was a good cause.
16. I have helped a classmate who I did not know that well with a
homework assignment when my knowledge was greater than his
or hers.
17. I have before being asked, voluntarily looked after a neighbour’s
pets or children without being paid for it.
18. I have offered to help a handicapped or elderly stranger across a
street.
19. I have offered my seat on a bus or train to a stranger who was
standing.
20. I have helped an acquaintance to move households.
Einstein College of Arts and Science, Tirunelveli Dated on: 27-09-2017
 THE SELF REPORT ALTRUISM SCALE

Name: _________________________ Gender: ________________________

Date: __________________________ Age: ____________________________
Instructions: Read each statement given below and indicate how often in this way. This instrument will
help you to know more about your personal efficacy. There is no right or wrong answers. Write your
response on this sheet, against the corresponding number given in the key below. Be honest and frank
with your responses.
Write 1 If you never/rarely feel or behave this way
Write 2 If you sometimes/occasionally feel or behave this way
Write 3 If you often/frequently feel or behave this way
Write 4 If you usually/always feel or behave this way
S.No

Write
1 to 4
STATEMENTS

1. In spite of following others’ footprints, I generally prefer to work on my own

way.
2. I can predict what anyone is going to say to me.
3. I am able to handle any situation.
4. I always know what I am doing.
5. I have clarity in my mind regarding my actions towards my task.
6. I want to make impression on others in a group.
7. I can solve the problem according to the situation.
8. I never do what I don’t want to do.
9. I easily get influenced by others’ actions.
10. I want to control the people while participating in group activity.
11. I persist in activities which I think are critical.
12. I believe in building networking with people.
13. I get fully involved in the entire task I do.
14. I am satisfied after discussing my problem in group.
15. I always set a higher target after completing one goal.
16. I like to build relationship with every person I meet.
17. I get more satisfaction if I do my own work effectively without bothering about
the result.
18. I hesitate to express my feelings to others.
19. I want others to say what to do and what not to do.
20. I am not afraid of accepting any kind of work given to me.
Einstein College of Arts and Science, Tirunelveli Dated on: 27-09-2017