Prosocial Behavior Measures and Psychometric Properties from a Scoping Review

776 prosocial behavior measures were extracted from 531 intervention studies published between 2008 and 2023. This dataset, created by Joshua M. Lovett, summarizes the psychometric properties of these measures, revealing inconsistent reporting of reliability and validity. It was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify commonly used prosocial behavior measures for new intervention studies based on the review's findings.
• Analyze trends in measurement types (e.g., informant-report, self-report, economic games) over the 15-year period described.
• Assess the state of psychometric reporting in intervention research based on the reported rates of missing reliability and validity data.

Strengths

• Includes 776 distinct measures extracted from a systematic review of 531 studies.
• Covers a 15-year time range (2008-2023), allowing for longitudinal analysis of measurement trends.
• Identifies the most frequently used measure (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) and quantifies the prevalence of different measurement types.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (143.0 KB), indicating limited scope, likely containing summary statistics rather than raw study data.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic search and scoping review of published intervention studies.

Time Range

2008 to 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 05:40:09; freshness should be verified.