Predicting Prosociality among Urban Adolescents: Individual, Family, and Neighborhood Influences

Autor/in	Drinkard, Allyson M.
Titel	Predicting Prosociality among Urban Adolescents: Individual, Family, and Neighborhood Influences
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 49 (2017) 4, S.528-547 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X14543266
Schlagwörter	Urban Youth; Adolescents; Prosocial Behavior; Family Influence; Social Influences; Neighborhoods; Gender Differences; Correlation; Longitudinal Studies; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Statistical Analysis; Family Violence; Measures (Individuals); Illinois (Chicago); Conflict Tactics Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sozialer Einfluss; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Statistische Analyse; Messdaten
Abstract	Prosociality, conceptualized as a willingness to help, to be fair, and to be friendly to others, is essential to the maintenance of a civil society and has been linked with multiple measures of individual well-being. This study examines how individual, family, and neighborhood factors affect adolescents' level of prosociality and tests for moderating influences in these relationships. Data for this study come from the 12-year-old cohort of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) study (N = 723). Results show that being female and having the ability to rely on family, a teacher/coach, or an adult in the community predicts significantly higher levels of prosociality. In addition, I find that neighborhood collective efficacy moderates the relationship between gender and prosociality, serving as a protective factor in the development of prosociality for boys. The findings of this study are discussed in the context of a sociological view of positive youth development. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01