Factors influencing the development of empathy and pro-social behaviour among adolescents: A systematic review

C Silke, B Brady, C Boylan, P Dolan - Children and Youth Services Review, 2018 - Elsevier
Research has indicated that empathy and prosocial responding are associated with
numerous emotional, psychological and social benefits. However, although adolescence is …

Influence of sports activities on prosocial behavior of children and adolescents: A systematic literature review

J Li, W Shao - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Prosocial behavior plays a key role in interpersonal relationships during the growth of
children and adolescents. Good prosocial behavior is the foundation for the healthy …

School engagement, self-esteem, and depression of adolescents: The role of sport participation and volunteering activity and gender differences

H Bang, D Won, S Park - Children and youth services review, 2020 - Elsevier
Using a multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) model, this study examined the
relationships between school engagement, self-esteem, and depression in adolescents and …

Longitudinal relations among parenting styles, prosocial behaviors, and academic outcomes in US Mexican adolescents

G Carlo, RMB White, C Streit, GP Knight… - Child …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This article examined parenting styles and prosocial behaviors as longitudinal predictors of
academic outcomes in US Mexican youth. Adolescents (N= 462; Wave 1 Mage= 10.4 years; …

Longitudinal relations between adolescents' self-esteem and prosocial behavior toward strangers, friends and family

X Fu, LM Padilla-Walker, MN Brown - Journal of Adolescence, 2017 - Elsevier
The present study examined age-trends and longitudinal bidirectional relations in self-
esteem and prosocial behavior toward strangers, friends, and family over a four-year time …

Longitudinal relations among positivity, perceived positive school climate, and prosocial behavior in Colombian adolescents

BP Luengo Kanacri, N Eisenberg, E Thartori… - Child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Bidirectional relations among adolescents' positivity, perceived positive school climate, and
prosocial behavior were examined in Colombian youth. Also, the role of a positive school …

Kindness: A perspective from developmental psychology

T Malti - European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This article introduces a developmental perspective on kindness. The central goal is to posit
a new framework for the study of kindness and its development. From an ethical perspective …

Why and how to promote adolescents' prosocial behaviors: Direct, mediated and moderated effects of the CEPIDEA school-based program

GV Caprara, BP Luengo Kanacri, A Zuffianò… - Journal of youth and …, 2015 - Springer
Prosocial behaviors are considered integral to intervention goals that seek to promote
successful youth development. This study examines the effect of a school-based intervention …

Adolescents' prosocial behavior predicts good grades beyond intelligence and personality traits

M Gerbino, A Zuffianò, N Eisenberg… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Researchers have demonstrated the prediction of academic functioning by
children's prosocial behavior (PB). The goal of our study was to examine the contribution of …

Empathy and nonattachment independently predict peer nominations of prosocial behavior of adolescents

BK Sahdra, J Ciarrochi, PD Parker, S Marshall… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
There is a plethora of research showing that empathy promotes prosocial behavior among
young people. We examined a relatively new construct in the mindfulness literature …