TY - JOUR
T1 - Fitness Interdependence as Indexed by Shared Fate
T2 - Factor Structure and Validity of a New Measure
AU - Ayers, Jessica D.
AU - Sznycer, Daniel
AU - Sullivan, Daniel
AU - Beltrán, Diego Guevara
AU - van den Akker, Olmo R.
AU - Muñoz, Andres E.
AU - Hruschka, Daniel J.
AU - Cronk, Lee
AU - Aktipis, Athena
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the members of The Human Generosity Project for helpful feedback on this study and Cristina Baciu for assistance in preparing this article. We are also grateful to William McAuliffe for his detailed and thoughtful comments on an earlier version of this article. This work was supported by a Grant from the John Templeton Foundation to Aktipis and Cronk. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation
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© 2022. American Psychological Association
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Assessing interdependence between the self and specific others has a rich history in psychological science. Here, we report a novel scale that measures Shared Fate. Studies 1 and 2 (N1 = 198, N2 = 216) show that the Shared Fate Scale has two factors assessing perceived shared fate and emotional shared fate with a target, has good reliability (Cronbach’s α =.81 to.91; McDonald’s ω =.89 to.96), and predicts participants’ willingness to help interdependent others. Studies 3 and 4 (N3 = 695, N4 = 629) indicate that the Shared Fate Scale has good discriminant, convergent, concurrent, and predictive validity as well as test–retest reliability across a 14-day period. Taken together, our results suggest that the Shared Fate Scale is a useful instrument for work on cooperation, interdependence, and social behavior.
AB - Assessing interdependence between the self and specific others has a rich history in psychological science. Here, we report a novel scale that measures Shared Fate. Studies 1 and 2 (N1 = 198, N2 = 216) show that the Shared Fate Scale has two factors assessing perceived shared fate and emotional shared fate with a target, has good reliability (Cronbach’s α =.81 to.91; McDonald’s ω =.89 to.96), and predicts participants’ willingness to help interdependent others. Studies 3 and 4 (N3 = 695, N4 = 629) indicate that the Shared Fate Scale has good discriminant, convergent, concurrent, and predictive validity as well as test–retest reliability across a 14-day period. Taken together, our results suggest that the Shared Fate Scale is a useful instrument for work on cooperation, interdependence, and social behavior.
KW - Closeness
KW - Interdependence
KW - Perceived interdependence
KW - Willingness to help
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U2 - 10.1037/ebs0000300
DO - 10.1037/ebs0000300
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133123138
SN - 2330-2925
JO - Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
JF - Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
ER -