The Development and Validation of the Motives to Donate Scale

dc.contributor.authorKonrath, Sara
dc.contributor.authorHandy, Femida
dc.contributor.departmentLilly Family School of Philanthropyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-26T20:11:45Z
dc.date.available2018-01-26T20:11:45Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIn this article, we develop and validate a comprehensive self-report scale of why people make charitable donations, relying on a theoretical model of private versus public benefits to donors. In Study 1, we administered an initial pool of 54 items to a general adult sample online. An exploratory factor analysis supported six final factors in the Motives to Donate scale: Trust, Altruism, Social, Tax benefits, Egoism, and Constraints. We then verified this factor structure in a confirmatory factor analysis. Study 1 also examined the final 18-item scale’s demographic correlates and construct validity using the same sample. We found that the scale correlated in predictable ways with personality traits and motives to volunteer. In Study 2, we also found test–retest correlations between .67 and .80 after 2 weeks. Taken together, we provide initial evidence for the scale’s internal reliability, test–retest reliability, and validity, and we suggest future directions for research.en_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's manuscripten_US
dc.identifier.citationKonrath, S. & Handy, F. (2017, in press) The Development and Validation of the Motives to Donate Scale, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0899764017744894en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/15087
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1177/0899764017744894en_US
dc.relation.journalNonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterlyen_US
dc.rightsPublisher Policyen_US
dc.sourceAuthoren_US
dc.subjectcharitable donationsen_US
dc.subjectmotives to giveen_US
dc.subjectphilanthropyen_US
dc.titleThe Development and Validation of the Motives to Donate Scaleen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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