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Prosocial development in early adulthood

A longitudinal study

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ID6200567
AuthorsNancy Eisenberg (0000-0002-4780-4538, Arizona State University), Ivanna K Guthrie (Arizona State University), Amanda Cumberland (Arizona State University), Bridget C Murphy (0000-0002-5873-7772, Arizona State University), Stephanie A Shepard (Arizona State University), Qing Zhou (0000-0002-2100-8840), Gustavo Carlo (0000-0002-4967-241X, Arizona State University)
Year2002
Volume82
Issue6
Pages993-1006
Publication date2002-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.82.6.993
PMID12051585
OpenAlexW2068056994
LanguageEN
Citations received101
References cited52

Consistency of measures of a prosocial personality and prosocial moral judgment over time, and the interrelations among them, were examined. Participants and friends' reports of prosocial characteristics were obtained at ages 21-22, 23-24, and 25-26 years. In addition, participants' prosocial judgment was assessed with interviews and with an objective measure of prosocial moral reasoning at several ages. Reports of prosocial behavior and empathy-related responding in childhood and observations of prosocial behavior in preschool also were obtained. There was interindividual consistency in prosocial dispositions, and prosocial dispositions in adulthood related to empathy/sympathy and prosocial behavior at much younger ages. Interview and objective measures of moral reasoning were substantially interrelated in late adolescence/early adulthood and correlated with participants' and friends' reports of a prosocial disposition

Altruism (biology) · Developmental psychology · Empathic concern · Empathy · Helping behavior · Moral development · Moral reasoning · Personal distress · Personality · Perspective-taking · Prosocial behavior · Sympathy · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology

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