Social Value Orientation Slider Measure.

SVO Slider

What it measures

Social value orientation - the weight given to others' outcomes relative to one's own, expressed as a continuous SVO angle and classified as altruistic, prosocial, individualistic, or competitive

Length and format

6 primary items (plus 9 secondary items to separate joint-gain from inequality-aversion motives). allocation choice on a continuous slider between self and other payoffs (behavioral/computerized task)

Language versions

Used in 30+ countries approx; item text is minimal and numeric, so adaptation is mainly instructional translation plus payoff-currency localisation

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

Murphy RO, Ackermann KA, Handgraaf MJJ. Measuring social value orientation. Judgm Decis Mak. 2011;6(8):771-781.