Assessment of prosocial–altruistic behavior of members and non-members of the scout movement

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the differences in pro-social altruistic behaviour between children and young students who belong to the scout movement, and those who do not belong to this or any other similar movement. The pro-social altruistic behaviour has been assessed with questionnaires for school: self-evaluation, teacher, classmate and parents. By means of a Prospective Design of case-control, every scout has been compared with another non scout) equalled in variables like age, number of siblings, wether he/she is the oldest, the youngest, etc., sex, the order between the siblings, if the mother works inside or outside the home, and he/she lives to their two parents. The results show that significant differences exist between one group and another in the questionnaires of self-evaluation, for the teacher and for the classmate. It seems than children and young people who are scout members are better assessed than them non scouts in pro-social altruistic behaviour.