Assessing the test-retest reliability of the social value orientation slider measure

Abstract Decades of research show that ( i ) social value orientation (SVO) is related to important behavioral outcomes such as cooperation and charitable giving, ii individuals differ in terms SVO. A prominent scale measure SVO the slider (SVOSM). The central premise SVOSM captures a stable trait. But it unknown how reliable over repeated measurements more than one week apart. To fill this knowledge gap, we followed sample N = 495 6 months with monthly measurements. We find continuous scores are similarly distributed (Anderson-Darling k-sample p 0.57) highly correlated r ≥ 0.66) across waves. intra-class correlation coefficient 0.78 attests high test-retest reliability. Using multilevel modeling multiple visualizations, furthermore one’s prior score indicative future waves, suggesting consistently Our analyses validate scale.