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Showing 1 to 20 of 122 for “"Prosocial Behavior"”.
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Religion, Rewards, and Prosocial Behavior
… have long argued that religion increases prosocial behavior, but results are equivocal. Recent findings on priming religious concepts seem to show that religion drives prosociality. But here I suggest that these studies confound religion with anticipated rewards. I present the results of a …
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Misforecasting Positive Affective Responses to Prosocial Behavior
… the impact of affective misforecasting on prosocial behavior. More specifically, this research shows that with </p> <p> general everyday helping behaviors, consumers overestimate their positive affective responses, i.e., consumers have more positive affect when they think about helping than …
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The Effects of Tripartite Self-Construal on Prosocial Behavior
… tripartite self-construal on real helping behavior offered in a laboratory setting. Additional variables commonly associated with prosocial behavior, namely empathy (Eisenberg & Miller, 1987) and agreeableness (Graziano, Hasbashi, Sheese & Tobin, 2007; Caprara, Alessandri & Eisenberg, …
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A Psychometric Examination of Prosocial Behavior Across Cultural Contexts
… the focus of these interventions has been on prosocial behaviors, which are broadly defined as acts intended to benefit others above oneself and can include actions such as helping and cooperating (Batson & Powell, 2003). From a theoretical perspective, previous researchers (Piaget, 1932; …
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Developmental and Situational Influences on Children's Understanding of Prosocial Behavior
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The Effects of Empathy on Prosocial Behavior Among Middle School Children
… at SUNY Brockport. The definition of empathy, prosocial behaviors, and characteristics of bullies and victims was explored. The researcher‘s intent was to determine if empathy was a key component in maintaining children‘s positive relationships with each other, as well as decreasing bullying …
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Different levels of negative emotions and their impact on prosocial behavior
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Reciprocal peer mentoring : increasing the prosocial behavior of socially neglected students
… Peer Mentoring intervention in improving the prosocial behavior of socially neglected elementary school students as measured by a Direct Behavior Rating filled out by their teachers. Reciprocal Peer Mentoring uses the methodological framework of the Check-In/Check-Out intervention (e.g. Hawken …
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Measuring Prosocial Behavior Through the Implementation of a Violence Prevention Intervention
Childhood aggression is the best-known behavioral predictor of future social adjustment difficulties. Children with early onset aggression are likely to engage in aggressive behavior throughout the life course (Hester, Baltodano, Gable, & Tonelson, 2003). Early aggressive behavior is also strongly …
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The role of prosocial behavior and peer belonging in adolescents' classroom engagement
Students' prosocial behavior is linked to their own and their classmate's engagement in the classroom. This raises the question of through what pathway prosocial behavior is linked to engagement. This study investigates whether early adolescents' peer belonging mediates the relationship between …
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Engaging in prosocial behavior: The role of resource meaningfulness and karmic beliefs
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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Investigating the Relation between Empathy and Prosocial Behavior: An Emotion Regulation Framework
… is known about the complex processes leading to prosocial behavior. However, theories suggests that empathy, empathic responding, and emotion regulation abilities, may all contribute to the presence or absence of prosocial behavior. While theoretical papers demonstrate relationships between these …
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The Effect of Self Reflection on Preschool Children's Empathic Understanding and Prosocial Behavior
… to enhance their empathic understanding and prosocial behavior. Seventy-one children from four preschool classrooms were pretested on measures of empathic understanding, verbal ability, prosocial responsiveness and the "normativeness" of their wishes. Performance on these measures served as …
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EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPOSURE IN COLOMBIAN ADOLESCENTS: PATHWAYS TO VIOLENT AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR
… violence exposure and risk of violence and prosocial behavior was tested in a sample of Colombian adolescents, with attention to impulsivity and substance use problems as mediators of these associations. A representative sample of 1,152 school youths and a convenience group of 148 juvenile …
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Adolescent Narcissism and Prosocial Behavior as a Function of Peer, Parent, and Self-Perception
… whether narcissism might also be related to prosocial behavior. The current study aimed to investigate different facets of narcissism in adolescents and their association with self-, parent-, and peer-reported prosocial behavior. In a sample of 175 at-risk adolescents ages 16-18 (151 males, …
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A Before-School Counselor Intervention that Promotes Peer Relational Skills and Influences Prosocial Behavior
… counselor intervention focused on learning prosocial behaviors and developing peer relational skills. This evaluation included both how students experienced the program and if they perceived any change in themselves after participating in the program. Qualitative methods are often used in …
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Growing from Doing Good in Later Life: Growth Themes in Narratives of Prosocial Behavior
… portion of aging individuals engage in prosocial behavior, and empirical research using scales to measure well-being outcomes have revealed important benefits, but have overlooked how older adults narrate such experiences and the impact they have on the self. The current study uses a …
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