Table 3.

Factors extracted from the altruistic personality scale and their factor loading

S.No	Item	Factor Loading
Factor 1- Greater Acts of Altruism
1.	I have donated blood	0.663
2.	I have helped a friend move into another house	0.611
3.	I have let a neighbor whom I didn’t know that well borrow an item of some value to me	0.436
Factor 2- Recognized Acts of Charity
4.	I have given money to charity	0.636
5.	I have donated goods or cloths to charity	0.688
6.	I have done voluntary work to charity	0.466
Factor 3- Humanitarian Acts
7.	I have helped push a strangers car that was broker or out of petrol	0.555
8.	I have given directions to a stranger	0.328
9.	I have given change to a stranger	0.635
10.	I have given money to a stranger who needed it or asked for it	0.640
11.	I have given lift to a stranger in my car	0.504
12.	I have offered to help a handicapped or elderly stranger across a street	0.393
Factor 4- Simple Altruistic Acts
13.	I have helped carry a strangers things (books, toys)	0.495
14.	I have delayed a lift and geld the door open for a stranger	0.634
15.	I have pointed out at a clerks error (in a supermarket, at a bank) when he has given more money for an item instead of correct change	0.532
Factor 5- Limited Acts of Altruism
16.	I have allowed someone go ahead in line (in a supermarket or a fast food restaurant)	0.402
17.	I have helped a classmate whom I didn’t know that well with an assignment when my knowledge was greater than his/her	0.787
18.	I have offered seat on a bus or train to a stranger without a seat