Self-Report Altruism Scale (SRA) Test

Understand how often you tend to help others in just 3 minutes. With 13 quick items, it offers a clear snapshot of real-world kindness for screening or research.

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October 2, 2025

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38/65

Altruism (A)

Measures how frequently a person reports engaging in altruistic, prosocial helping behaviors across everyday situations.

Lower helping tendency

Moderate helping tendency

Higher helping tendency

13 – 30: Lower helping tendency | 31 – 47: Moderate helping tendency | 48 – 65: Higher helping tendency

A score of 38 falls in the Moderate helping tendency range, suggesting an average frequency of selfless helping behaviors compared with the scale’s full range.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Volunteers and helpers

41%OF USERS

People involved in volunteering or community support take it to see how often they actually help in real-life situations.

Psychology and social work students

34%OF USERS

Students use it for quick self-checks and coursework to compare altruism with other traits and behaviors.

Self-reflection seekers

25%OF USERS

People curious about their personality take it to understand whether they tend to be selfless or selective in helping others.

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Altruism Scale (AS)

Average

36.6

Normal range

29.7 — 43.6

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CLEAR ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures how often helping behaviors occur in everyday situations. It focuses on reported actions rather than attitudes or intentions.

How long does it take to complete?

Completion typically takes about 3 minutes. Responses are based on recall of past behavior.

How many questions are included?

The questionnaire contains 13 items. Each item describes a common situation in which help may be offered.

How should responses be chosen?

Select the option that best matches how often the behavior has occurred in real life. Use the full range of options when appropriate.

How are results interpreted?

Higher scores indicate more frequent helping behaviors, and lower scores indicate less frequent helping behaviors. Results are intended for screening and research and do not provide a clinical diagnosis.

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Self-Report Altruism Scale (SRA) Test - Symptoms and Signs

altruism

This measure assesses the frequency of everyday helping behaviors as reported by the respondent. The Self-Report Altruism Scale (SRA) is a brief self-report instrument intended to index altruistic tendencies through retrospective ratings of common prosocial acts.

The instrument contains 13 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. Items ask respondents to indicate how often they have engaged in specific helping behaviors, supporting use in research and clinical contexts where a concise estimate of prosocial behavior is needed. The Self-Report Altruism Scale (SRA) is attributed to Daniel Batson.

Author: Daniel Batson

Literature: Batson, C. D. Altruism in humans. Oxford University Press. 2011.; Rushton, J. P., Chrisjohn, R. D., & Fekken, G. C. The altruistic personality and the self-report altruism scale. Personality and Individual Differences. 1981.

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