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Abstract
Prosocialness, the intention to help others is one of the important aspects of a well-functioning society. Factors influencing helping behavior are not limited to feeling, ideas, or willingness but include other factors like gender. Research has been conducted to investigate whether there is a ‘more helpful’ gender. To investigate the role of gender Diversity in findings has been reported regarding gender differences in prosocial behavior. Considering these findings, this paper is aimed to study the gender differences in prosocial behavior among young adults. It was hypothesized that there will be a gender difference in prosocial behavior among young adults. This research was conducted on 500 university students (both males=250, females=250) selected from government universities of Karachi. The age of the university students was between 18-25 years. In addition to Demographic details, The Prosocialness Scale for Adults (Caprara, Steca, Zelli, & Capanna, 2005) was used in the study. Independent sample t-test was applied for the analysis. Results showed significant gender differences in prosocial behavior among young adults.