TABLE 6.

Correlations of Healthy Selfishness and Pathological Altruism scales with items for motivation and childhood antecedents across both studies.

		Study 1		Study 2
No.	Item	HS	PA	HS	PA	UC Self	UC Other
	Motivations for Helping Others
1	A major motivation why I give to others is to please them.	−0.17	0.46	−0.16	0.37	0.41	0.38
2	A major reason why I help people is to gain approval from them.	−0.28	0.56	−0.18	0.44	0.50	0.23
3	I often give to others to avoid criticism.	−0.34	0.62	−0.24	0.41	0.48	0.16
4	I often give to others to avoid rejection.	−0.36	0.63	−0.29	0.48	0.53	0.23
5	A main motivation why I give to others is to increase my openness to new experiences.	0.28	0.09	0.21	0.12	0.11	0.19
6	A main reason why I help others is a desire for personal growth.	0.30	−0.01	0.19	0.11	0.09	0.22
7	I like helping others because it genuinely makes me feel good to help others grow.	0.25	−0.01	0.18	0.09	0.09	0.39
	Overly Nurturant Helping Behaviors
1	My helping sometimes causes others harm.	−0.12	0.47	−0.19	0.41	0.24	0.06
2	People often tell me to stop helping them, because they are overwhelmed with my constant helping.	0.07	0.48	−0.09	0.45	0.29	0.15
	Childhood Antecedents
1	As a child, I was often encouraged by my family to substitute my own needs for their own.	−0.25	0.50	−0.19	0.36	0.31	0.18
2	As a child, I was often encouraged by my cultural environment to substitute my own needs for their own.	−0.25	0.51	−0.12	0.31	0.27	0.16

N = 891. Correlations greater r = 0.07, r = 0.09, and r = 0.11 are significant at p = 0.05, p = 0.01, and p = 0.001, respectively.