The Effect of a School-Based Helper Program on Adolescent Self-Image, Attitudes, and Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11670928 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Galen E Switzer (0000-0001-8541-9449, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, corresponding author), Roberta G Simmons (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine), Mary Amanda Dew (0000-0002-4666-1870, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine), Jeanne M Regalski (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine), Chi-Hsein Wang (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 429-455 |
| Publication date | 1995-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0272431695015004003 |
| OpenAlex | W1970338369 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 49 |
This study examined the effects of participation in a school-based helper program on adolescents' self-image, attitudes, and behaviors. Seventh-grade students at the junior high where the program was implemented were divided into 2 functional groups, one of which was required to engage in volunteer helping activities for the remainder of the school year, whereas the other group engaged in no such service. It was hypothesized that Helper Program participants (n = 85) relative to nonparticipants (n = 86), and especially boys, would show improvement in 4 domains: self-image, commitment to school and community, problem behavior, and commitment to altruism. The results were gender specific: Participating boys showed positive changes in self-esteem, depressive affect, involvement, and problem behavior relative to other groups. The findings indicate that, with program modifications to augment potential benefits to girls, helper programs might become an important mechanism in producing positive life changes for adolescents
Altruism (biology · Developmental psychology · Prosocial behavior · Self-esteem · Self-image · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth · Social Psychology
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Adolescent Development
Prosocial Development
Teaching and Learning in the Social Context
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Empowering students, enhancing communities
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A Developmental Perspective on Community Service in Adolescence
The Effects of Service-Learning on Middle School Students’ Social Responsibility and Academic Success
Effects of positive youth development programs on school, family, and community systems
Associations between Prosocial and Problem Behavior from Early to Late Adolescence
Sex Differences in Social Behavior
Society and the Adolescent Self-Image
Statistical principles in experimental design.
Development of Prosocial Motivation
Competence, reticence, and helping by children and adolescents
Family
Sequential development of helping behavior
Altruism
Gender and helping behavior
Gender and aggressive behavior
Prosocial Behavior between Friends in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence
Giving Blood
Sex Differences in Social Behavior
Statistical Analysis
Occupational prestige and the 1980 U.S. labor force
Relation of sympathy and personal distress to prosocial behavior
Friendship patterns and altruistic behavior in preadolescent males
Empathy and moral development in adolescence
Differentiation of vicariously induced emotional reactions in children
Adolescents' Contributing toward Others
Misconceptions revisited
Misconceptions about the Fishbein model
The Concept and Measurement of the Quality of School Life
The dimensionality of self-esteem
Undermining children's intrinsic interest with extrinsic reward
Consequences of superfluous social constraints
Consistency-based compliance
Empathy-based helping
The relation of empathy to prosocial and related behaviors
Gift of Life
The Stress Process
The Structure of Coping
Developmental Pattern of Prosocial Motivation
Presidential Address on Altruism and Sociology
| Unique citing works | 13 |
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| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |