Personal Prosocial Responsibility Scale

What it measures

Measures the degree to which a person feels personally responsible for providing aid to people they do not know. The scale captures an individual's sense of obligation toward the welfare of strangers and their acceptance of a personal duty to help those outside their immediate social circle.

Representative items

• It is not my responsibility to provide aid to other people. (r)
• I feel that it is not up to me to provide aid to individuals. (r)

Citation

Winterich, K.P., & Zhang, Y. (2014). Accepting inequality deters responsibility: How power distance decreases charitable behavior. Journal of Consumer Research, 41(2), 274-293.