Longitudinal Bidirectional Relations between Adolescents' Sympathy and Prosocial Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Carlo, Gustavo; Padilla-Walker, Laura M.; Nielson, Matthew G.
Titel	Longitudinal Bidirectional Relations between Adolescents' Sympathy and Prosocial Behavior
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 51 (2015) 12, S.1771-1777 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000056
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Prosocial Behavior; Individual Characteristics; Caring; Adolescent Development; Age Differences; Correlation; Longitudinal Studies; Hypothesis Testing; Rating Scales; Attitude Measures; Psychological Patterns; Statistical Analysis; Family Structure; Family Income + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Korrelation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Rating-Skala; Statistische Analyse; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Familieneinkommen
Abstract	Despite the importance of understanding sympathy and prosocial behaviors, research on the development of these tendencies in adolescence remains relatively sparse. In the present study, we examined age trends and bidirectional longitudinal relations in sympathy and prosocial behaviors across early to middle adolescents. Participants were 500 12-year-olds at Time 1 (52% girls, 70% European American) who completed measures of sympathy and prosocial behaviors at 5 different time points, each approximately 1 year apart. Results showed significant bidirectional relations between sympathy and prosocial behaviors across all time points, and an initial decrease of prosocial behaviors followed by an increase into middle adolescence. The implications for prosocial developmental theories and research are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01