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Empathy and Self-Regulation as Mediators Between Parenting and Adolescents' Prosocial Behavior Toward Strangers, Friends, and Family

Prosocial behavior

Bibliographic Data

ID12387480
AuthorsLaura M Padilla-Walker (0000-0002-9275-6627, Brigham Young University, corresponding author), Katherine J Christensen (Brigham Young University)
Year2010
Volume21
Issue3
Pages545-551
Publication date2010-10-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Research on Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1050-8392 • E-ISSN: 1532-7795
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00695.x
OpenAlexW1900523779
LanguageEN
Citations received98
References cited22

The current study examined the role of empathy and self-regulation as mediators between positive parenting (mothering and fathering) and early adolescents' prosocial behavior toward 3 targets (strangers, friends, and family). Data were taken from Time 1 and Time 2 of the Flourishing Families Project, and included reports from 500 families with an early adolescent child (mean age of child at Time 1=11.29). Analyses suggested that predictors of prosocial behavior toward the 3 targets differed, with empathy (as reported by mothers only) and self-regulation mediating the relation between positive parenting and prosocial behavior toward strangers and friends, but not toward family. Positive mothering was the only variable that was significantly related to prosocial behavior toward family. The discussion focuses on the need for continued research examining a relational approach to prosocial development

Developmental psychology · Empathy · Flourishing · Parenting styles · Prosocial behavior · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology

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